Dayananda Saraswati Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Philosopher
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	12/02/1824
Age	200 years
Birthplace	Jeevapar Tankara, Company Raj (present-day Mobi District in Gujarat, India)

Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Mul Shankar Tiwari
Famous For	Being the founder of Arya Samaj
Religious Career	Guru (Mentor)
Notable Movements	Arya Samaj Shuddhi Movement Back to the Vedas
Notable Publications	Satyarth Prakash (1875 & 1884) Sanskarvidhi (1877 & 1884) Yajurved Bhashyam (1878 to 1889)
Influenced By	Kanada Yaska Kashyapa Patanjali Panini Kapila Akshapada Gautama Aristotle Socrates Zoroaster Badarayana Adi Shankara Ramanuja
Influenced	Madam Cama Pandit Lekh Ram Swami Shraddhanand Shyamji Krishna Varma Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Lala Hardayal Madan Lal Dhingra Ram Prasad Bismil Mahadev Govind Ranade Mahatma Hansraj Lala Lajpat Rai

Educational Qualification(s)

Details	Self-taught scholar, read Vedas under the guidance of Swami Virajananda

Personal Life

Date of Death	30/10/1883
Place of Death	Ajmer, Ajmer-Merwara, British India (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Death Cause	Assassination
Zodiac sign	Aquarius

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Engaged
Note	After being engaged in his early teens, he spent the rest of his life as a celibate

Family

Father	Karshanji Lalji Kapadi (a tax-collector in Company Raj)
Mother	Yashodabai
Siblings	Had a younger sister who died of cholera
Spouse	N/A

Some Lesser Known Facts

Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded Arya Samaj for social reform.
He criticized dogma and superstition in Hinduism.
Swami Dayananda advocated against rituals, idolatry, and animal sacrifice.
He was an advocate for women's rights.
The Arya Samaj was established in 1875.
Swami Dayananda was critical of other religions such as Christianity and Islam.
He survived many attempts on his life before being assassinated.