1. DAYANAND SARASWATI

2. DAYANAND SARASWATI FOUNDED THE ARYA SAMAL IN 1875 A.D AT BOMBAY.
HE CHAMPIONE THE WOMEN RIGHTS LIKE RIGHT OF INHERITENCE AND PROPERTY,WIDOW REMAIRRAGE,FEMALE EDUCATION ETC. ETC.
HE ATTACKED POLYGAMY CHILD MARRIAGE ,FEMALE FEOTICIDE,SATI AND THE DEGRADED STATUS OF WOMEN.
HE LOOKED FOR INSPIRATION NOT ONLY FROM THE WEST BUT ALSO FROM INDIA’S GLORIOUS PAST AND IDEALIZED IT.

3. THE ARYA SAMAJ ESTABLISHED BY HIM REPUDIATED THE AUTHORITY OF ALL SACRED BOOKS EXCEPT THE VEDAS.”GO BACK TO THE VEDAS” WAS THE MOTTO OF DAYANAND SARASWATI .
SUDDHI MOVEMENT STARTED BY HIM GAVE HINDUISM A MILITANT AND AGGRESSIVE CHARACTER.
THE ARYA SMAJ OF DAYANAND SARASWATI REGARDED THE PREVAILING RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PRACTISES BASED UPON THE PURANAS AS UNHEALTHY ACCRETIONS AND DITORTIONS MADE BY SELFISH AND IGNORANT PERSONS.
AS A PROSELYTIZING SECT AND A GREAT URGE OF SOCIAL REFORM IT IS ONE OF THE LIVING FORCES OF MODERN INDIA.
THE VARIOUS SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS HELPED IN THE DEEPENIG OF THE NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND WERE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT.