Book s name – Political thought of swami dayananad
Writer s name – Shanta Malhotra
Swami Dayanand, the founder of aryasmaj, was not only great Vedic Scholars and social reformer but also an original political thinker. He is rightly acclaimed as torchbearer of morden India. He showed the way of progress in all walks of life religious, social and political. He was the first to give the ideas of swarajya and swadeshi to the people of this country. He has influenced many mordenpolitical thinker and leaders of India.
Dayanand put forth political ideas which were far ahead of his times. India of Swami Dayanand s time was under the British rule. Having no self governing institions. Democracy was unknown in India and it was in its preliminary stages even in Europe. At such a time Dayanand gave to his countrymen the clear vision of complete independence, political as well as cultural.
Swami Dayanand propounded these ideas on the basic of his study and interpretation of the Vedas. Modern researches into the ancient Indian polity simply unfold the historic lays down the norms for future polity on the basis of his interpretation of the Vedas. His political ideas are found mostly in the purport of his commentaries on the rigveda and the yajurveda. In this respect, Dayanad ranks with the Indian political thinker like manu. Shukra, chankya and kamndaka etc.
This book provides a clear perception of political thought of swami Dayanand
