September 24, 2026

Which 15th century religious teacher, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469 in a village of the Delhi Sultanate's Lahore province, and, according to tradition, later travelled widely including a visit to Mecca where he debated with Muslim clerics about God?

A Priyanka Gandhi
B Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
C Salman Rushdie
D Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469 in the village now called Nankana Sahib near Lahore, then part of the Delhi Sultanate. Sikh tradition also holds he journeyed in the Middle East, with some writers claiming visits to Mecca, Jerusalem and Baghdad.

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