{"id":352682,"date":"2025-12-24T17:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352682"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:44:39","slug":"swami-shraddhanand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swami-shraddhanand\/","title":{"rendered":"Swami Shraddhanand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Swami Shraddhanand on his Balidaan Diwas, highlighting his role in Swaraj and social reform.<\/p>\n<h2>About Swami Shraddhanand<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352683\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-352683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Indian-Post.jpg?resize=261%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swami Shraddhanand\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Indian-Post.jpg?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Indian-Post.jpg?w=359&amp;ssl=1 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Indian Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Swami Shraddhanand, <strong>originally named Munshi Ram<\/strong>, was a <strong>social reformer, educationist, religious leader, and freedom activist<\/strong> associated with the <strong>Arya Samaj tradition<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth: <\/strong>He was born on <strong>February 22, 1856<\/strong>, in <strong>Talwan village of Jalandhar district<\/strong>, Punjab.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Embraced Sanyasa<\/strong> : <strong>In 1917 he embraced Sanyasa <\/strong>and came to be known as Swami Shraddhanand.\n<ul>\n<li>He later came into contact with <strong>Swami Dayanand Saraswati<\/strong> in the early 1880s, which shaped his <strong>reformist<\/strong> outlook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Contributions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Educationist: <\/strong>He established <strong>Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya<\/strong> near Haridwar in <strong>1902<\/strong>, promoting education based on Vedic traditions.\n<ul>\n<li>He also founded <strong>Gurukul Indraprashtha<\/strong> in the Aravali region near <strong>Faridabad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Independence activist: <\/strong>He led an <strong>anti-Rowlatt act<\/strong> procession at <strong>Chandni Chowk in Delhi.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He invited the <strong>Indian National Congress<\/strong> to hold its <strong>1919 session at Amritsar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He joined the <strong>Non-cooperation<\/strong> <strong>movement<\/strong> but later <strong>resigned<\/strong> due to disagreement with Gandhi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social reformer: <\/strong>He strongly <strong>opposed untouchability and described it as a curse on Hindu society.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He also organised the <strong>Delhi Suddhar Sabha<\/strong> for the upliftment of the oppressed class.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. B.R. Ambedkar<\/strong> called him the greatest and <strong>most sincere champion of the untouchables.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religious leadership: <\/strong>He played a leading role in the <strong>Shuddhi movement<\/strong> to <strong>reconvert<\/strong> people to Hinduism.\n<ul>\n<li>His sympathy with the <strong>Gurdwara Sudhar agitation won the hearts of the Sikhs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1922<\/strong>, he became the first Hindu sanyasi to address a gathering from the minarets of <strong>Delhi<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s Jama Masjid<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Works<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Kalyan Marg Ka Pathik<\/em><\/strong>: His <strong>autobiography<\/strong>, detailing his life and transformation.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Hindu Sangathan: Saviour of the Dying Race<\/em><\/strong>: An influential English work advocating for Hindu consolidation and revival.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Inside Congress<\/em><\/strong>: A series of articles published in <strong><em>The Liberator<\/em><\/strong>, offering his perspective on the Indian National Congress.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Hindu Sangathan &#8211; Kyon Aur Kaise?<\/em><\/strong> (Why and How to Organize Hindus?): The Hindi version of his call for Hindu unity.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Aryapathik Pandit Lekhram<\/em><\/strong>: A biography of martyr Pandit Lekhram, another key figure in the Arya Samaj movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other writings<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vedic Literature<\/strong>: He wrote on Vedic subjects and published works like <em>Presentation of Vedic Literature<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social &amp; Religious Reform<\/strong>: His writings, including <strong>articles on <\/strong><strong><em>Shuddhi<\/em><\/strong><strong>(purification) and <em>Sangathan<\/em> (organization), <\/strong>were central to his activism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Death<\/strong>: Swami Shraddhanand was <strong>assassinated on December 23, 1926, <\/strong>at his Delhi residence, and the day is observed as <strong>Balidaan Diwas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Swami Shraddhanand on his Balidaan Diwas, highlighting his role in Swaraj and social reform. About Swami Shraddhanand Swami Shraddhanand, originally named Munshi Ram, was a social reformer, educationist, religious leader, and freedom activist associated with the Arya Samaj tradition. 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