Swami Dayanand Saraswati, contemporary India's foremost social reformer, founded Arya Samaj in 1875.
Swami Dayanand founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay on April 7, 1875, with ten principles that are beautifully based purely on God, soul, and nature. Arya Samaj (Sanskrit: "Society of Nobles") was a modern Hindu reform movement founded in 1875 by Dayananda Sarasvati with the goal of reestablishing the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, as revealed truth. Dayanand Saraswati's main message was for Hindus to return to their religion's roots, the Vedas. He believed that by doing so, Hindus would be able to improve the country's depressing religious, social, political, and economic conditions at the time.
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