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What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati?


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Mul Shankara
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Arjun Prasad
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Rajashekara
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Rama Krishnaiah
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Solution

The correct option is A Mul Shankara
The original name of Dayanand Saraswati was Mul Shankara. He was born in 1824 in Kathiawar of Gujarat. He founded Arya Samaj in 1875. He gave the slogan "Back to Vedas". He declared that only Vedas are authentic. He started the Shuddhi movement. The major aim behind this movement was the reconversion of people who had converted to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism back to Hinduism.

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