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    Posted 13 Feb 2025

    Updated 14 Feb 2025

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    Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati (1824 to 1883)

    • He was remembered on his birth anniversary.
    • He was born at Kathiawar (Gujarat).

     Key-Contribution

    • Religious Reforms: He established Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1875. He was against idol worship and ritualism.
    • Social Reforms: He opposed caste system, and denounced untouchability as inhuman. 
    • Women Empowerment: He also stood for Women’s education. He opposed infanticide and evil practices of child marriage and enforced widowhood
    • Literary: Satyartha Prakash, Veda Bhashya Bhumika, Sanskar Vidhi.

     

    Values: 

    • Nationalism, Universal brotherhood, Humanism etc.
    • Tags :
    • Arya Samaj
    • Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati
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