Mehta Kalu, formally Kalyan Das, (1440–1522) was the father of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

1418) and Mata Banarasi in a Hindu Khatri family of the Bedi gotra.

[note 1][3] Mehta Kalu was born in the village of Patthe Vind (now extinct, was formerly located at the present-day site of Gurdwara Dera Sahib, approximately six miles east of Naushahra Pannuan).

[3] Kalu was the eldest of two sons, his younger brother was named Baba Lalu (1444–1542).

[3] Thus, he served as the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of the zamindar (landlord), Rai Bular Bhatti.