A wide-spectrum person, Swami Dayanand was a great scholar, orator, author, teacher, freedom-fighter, educationist etc. Over and above he was a great path-maker of modern India. But his contribution to the educational field is historical. He was an inspiring spirit behind D.A.V. Movement. The contribution of swami Dayanand towards the philosophy and practice of education is noteworthy. There is no gainsaying the fact that the History of Education of modern India cannot be complete without mention of glorious contribution of Arya Samaj and DAV Movement. All major aspects of Dayananda’s educational philosophy are given competent treatment in this book. It is hoped that this volume will help the esteemed readers to systematize their thinking about educational ideas and ideals conceived by Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.L. Gupta
N.L. Gupta (b. 1940) is the first scholar to obtain a Ph.D. from two different faculties of Nagpur University. He has a series of Postgraduate degrees and many firsts at his credit. He is the first candidate to submit a thesis for D.Litt. in R.S. University, Raipur. Recently, he has been awarded by Maharashtra Hindi Granth Academy for the best work on literary criticism styled as “Nav-Manavatavadi Chintan†(Neohumanistic thought). Dr. Gupta is a prolific writer. Besides many research papers, he has 46 books in both Hindi and English to his credit. Dr. Gupta’s writings have a very broad spectrum of themes which include literature, History, Culture, Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology and so on. He is considered to be the authority on ‘Value Education’ on which he has contributed as many as six books with different angles. Latest in the series was Education and Values in the Mahabharata, Mulya Parak Shiksha of about 400 pages published from Ajmer, has been profusely quoted by the scholars. He retired as Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and settled at Nagpur.
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