Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj (an organization) on April 7,1875, in Mumbai with the aim to promote noble ideas which were universally true for all mankind. In 1877, the headquarter of Arya Samaj was established in Lahore. The Arya Samaj advocate peaceful and progressive human living. Swami used Arya Samaj as a platform to launch his campaign against social evils that were prevalent in Hindu society at that time. Swami Dayanand Saraswati opposed many oppressed practices of Hindu tradition and insisted upon ‘let’s go back to Vedas.’ He worked for abolishing several social stigmas such as child marriage and casteism. In 1892-93 the Arya Samaj was divided into 1’.’10 groups. A group was supporter of western education and the second group was the opponent of western education. Swami Shraddhanand, Lekhraj, and Munshiram were the main opponents of western education and founded ‘Gurukul’ in 1902. Lala Lajpat Rai and Hansraj were the main supporters of western education. They founded ‘Dayanand Anglo Vedic College.’ ....Read more