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The Robe With Fifty-Two Threads

An emperor offered freedom to one man alone. That man refused to walk out unless fifty-two others walked out beside him.

Guru Hargobind became the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. His father, Guru Arjan Dev, had been put to death for his faith some thirteen years before.

The Mughal court watched the young Guru closely. The Sikhs were growing stronger under him, and that made the court wary.

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