The Shuddhi Movement, involving the conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism, was started by _________.

Swami Vivekanand

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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Swami Dayanand Saraswati

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Aurobindo Ghosh

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The correct option is C Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Shuddhi Movement was started by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in earlier part of 20th century. Its objective was to bring back the people who transformed their religion to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism. The first recorded shuddhi of a born Muslim was reported in 1877, when Dayanand Saraswati performed the shuddhi of a Muslim man from Dehra Dun.

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