It was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswathi in 1875.
He considered Vedas as eternal and infalliable and said ‘Go back to Vedas’
Dayanand Saraswati (1824 – 1883) was a Sanyasi from Gujarat.
He was the first to teach an aggressive, reformed and militant Hinduism.
Dayanand, was known in his early life as Mul Shankar.
He founded the Arya Samaj at Bombay in 1575.
He is known as Luther of Hinduism.
He was the first to use the terms – Swarajya Swabhasha and Swadharma
He was the first to consider Hindi as a National Language.
He started the Suddhi Movement to re-convert to Hinduism those who were converted to other religions.
His book Satyartha Prakash is a commentary on Vedas.
He started Dayanand Anglo Vedic College in 1866.
Aryaprakash was the news paper started by Dayanand Saraswati.

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