Who is called Martin Luther King of India?

Martin Luther King of India

Dayananda Saraswati was born to a Gujarati Hindu Brahmin Tiwari family in India on the tithi of the 10th day of the waning moon in the month of Purnimanta Phalguna (12 February 1824). Dayananda contemplated the significance of life and death after learning that his younger sister and his uncle had died of cholera. He started posing queries that alarmed his parents.

Early in his teen years, he was engaged, but he ran away from home in 1846 after deciding marriage was not for him. He was an Indian philosopher, social leader, and founder of the Arya Samaj. He was born on 12 February 1824 and died on 30 October 1883 at the age of 59 years.

• The first to advocate for Swaraj as “India for Indians” was Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1876.
• He advocated for women’s equal rights.
• He denounced customs like child marriage, meat consumption, idolatry, priestcraft, temple offerings, animal sacrifice, pilgrimages, the caste system, and more.
• He criticised superstitious activities like astrology and sorcery.

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