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Detailed explanation-1: -Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day is observed every year on 24 November. He is the ninth guru in the lineage of Sikh saints. He is also called Hind ki Chadar, or Shield of India. He laid down his life for the rights of a community of people who were not even of his religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Every year November 24 is observed as the day of the Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur. On this day in 1675, he was publicly Executed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for refusing to accept Aurangzeb’s authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every year on the Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Sikh places of worship reverberate with the sounds of chanting of the composition called Bachittar Natak, which recounts his life and was recorded by his son, Guru Gobind Singh. A number of Sikh temples have been built in honor of Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Detailed explanation-4: -“For whom praise and dispraise are the same, and on whom greed and attachment have no effect. Consider him only enlightened whom pain and pleasure do not entrap. Consider such a person saved.” “Remembering Him in meditation, salvation is attained; vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend."

Detailed explanation-5: -November 24 is commemorated as the Shaheedi Divas of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru of the Sikhs, who stood up against forcible conversions by the Mughals, and was executed on the orders of Aurangzeb in 1675.