On the horizon of the Indian subcontinent, a star was born in the 19th century, known to the world over as Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj, a man of firm conviction and unique courage, a revolutionary reformer, a great vedic scholar and an innovative thinker, who made unparalleled contribution to the making of modern India. In the words of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Maharishi Dayanand was