મહર્ષિ દયાનંદ સરસ્વતી --- Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati

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Dayananda Saraswati

Indian philosopher

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Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Wikipedia

Born: 12 February 1824, Tankara

Literary works: Satyarth Prakash (1875)

Assassinated: 30 October 1883, Ajmer

Guru: Virajanand Dandeesha

Parents: Karshanji Lalji Tiwari, Yashodabai