Dayananda advocated the doctrine of Karma and Reincarnation. He believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. He was a sanyasi (ascetic) from boyhood and a scholar. Those who were influenced by and followed Dayananda included Madam Cama, Pandit Lekh Ram, Swami Shraddhanand, Shyamji Krishna Varma, Kishan Singh, Bhagat Singh, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bhai Parmanand, Lala Hardayal, Madan Lal Dhingra, Ram Prasad Bismil, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Ashfaqullah Khan, Mahatma Hansraj, Lala Lajpat Rai, Yogmaya Neupane, Vallabhbhai Patel and others. Radhakrishnan, called him one of the 'makers of Modern India', as did Sri Aurobindo. Subsequently, the philosopher and President of India, S. Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as 'India for Indians' in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. His magnum opus is the book Satyarth Prakash, which has remained a highly influential text on the philosophy of the Vedas and clarifications of various ideas and duties of human beings. Dayanand Saraswati ( pronunciation ⓘ) (born Mool Shankar Tiwari 12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883), was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of Hinduism.
