Abstract
Swami Dayananda advocated moralistic and social reforms in India in the 19th century like Martin Luther and John Calvin lead Protestant reforms in Europe. About twenty years before the Ramakrishna Mission was created and forty seven years after Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Sabha, Swami Vivekananda organized the first Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1875. Through social participation, labour, nationalism, and pride, the Arya Samaj carried the Vedic legacy to Punjab and areas of northern and western India, while the Brahmo Samaj brought about social reform in Bengal. Arya Samaj led the revival of the Vedic principles that had suffered from religion and social relations and saw education as a catalyst for social change, the skills of men and women in arts and sciences, in life and in technology to enhance the intellectual views to transpire natural skills and develop talents. Lala Lajpat Rai launched the "DAV Movement" in 1886. As a result of Arya Samaj reformers like Mahatma Hans Raj, Pandit Gurudutt Vidyarthi’s laborious endeavors, this movement gained momentum. Dayanand Anglo Vedic Schools were set up in 1886 at Lahore by the endeavors of Mahatma Hansraj in the reminiscence of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
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