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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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