PM Modi pays tributes to Swami Dayananda Saraswati on his birth anniversary
“Tributes to Swami Dayananda Saraswati on his Jayanti. His noble efforts towards social reform & education continue to have a lasting impact,” the Prime Minister said.
Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movements of the Vedic tradition.
He was also a renowned scholar of the Vedic lore and Sanskrit language.
He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "Indian for India" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
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