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?Arya Samaj, A North Indian Hindu reform organisation of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly active in Punjab (tried to bring back Hindus who had converted to some other religion) which sought to revive Vedic learning and combine it with modern education in the sciences?.

Illustrate how the values integrated with the rich Indian literature paved way for the scientific development of modern India.

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Arya Samaj was a reformist movement started by Swami Dayananda Sarswati. His message was very clear. He advised the people to go back to Vedas. According to him the true Dharma was in the Vedas. His book ?Satyarthprakash? became very popular. He said that idol worship, rituals, child marriage, Sad were not in the Vedas so he advised to discard them. He wanted people to educate the girl child. Arya Samaj gave big amounts in donation to the field of education. This was a sort of renaissance movement. This helped in the spread of education. He opposed the caste system also because it was not in the Vedas. This encouraged the reformers like Ram Mohan Roy, Devendranath Tagore, and Jyotiba Phule... Going, back to the Vedas, the most ancient of Indian scriptures led to a new awakening which was again boosted by Brahmo Samaj of Keshav Chandra Sen, Swami Vivekananda and his Ramkrishna Mission. Derozio, Michael Dutt, Romesh Dutt, Toru Dutt, and other English educated turned to the themes in the rich Indian literature which paved the way for a new awakened India.