Who called Dayananda Saraswati one of "the makers of Modern India"?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sri Aurobindo
Indira Gandhi
Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Sri Aurobindo called Dayananda Saraswati one of "the makers of Modern India" because he believed that the Swami was a key figure in the revival of Hinduism and in the development of Indian nationalism. Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875, which was a Hindu reform movement that aimed to purify Hinduism and to promote social reform.
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