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The actual name of Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was ____.

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Daya Shankar
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Mool Shankar
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Virjanand
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Mool Chandra
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The correct option is B Mool Shankar
Dayanand Saraswati, known as Moolshankar in the childhood, was born in 1824 in a conservative Brahmin family in Gujarat. He was a Hindu religious leader, renowned Vedic scholar and founder of the Arya Samaj. He established the Arya Samaj at Bombay on 10th April, 1875 with the mission of spreading true Hindu religion and culture all over India.

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