Correct Answer - Option 3 : Lahore
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Lahore.
- Arya Samaj was started by Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.
- The first unit was set up at Bombay (Mumbai) and the HQs were set up at Lahore (Pakistan).
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Swami Vrijanand was the teacher of Dayanand Saraswati.
- Arya Samaj encouraged intercaste marriage and widow remarriages.
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D.A.V (Dayanand Anglo Viswavidyalaya) colleges were established by the Arya Samaj.
- The samaj got divided on the issue of the curriculum in the colleges.
- One group favored English education but the other group favored Sanskrit and Vedic philosophy.
- Later the issue of Vegetarian and non-vegetarian became a bone of contention among the follower of the Samaj.
- The samaj got divided in the year 1893.
Note: The solgan of "Return to Vedas" was given by Dayanand saraswati.
