REFORM movement in INDIA that promotes principles and practices based on the belief in the Vedas' infallible authority.Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati established the samaj on APRIL 10, 1875.The Arya Samaj adheres to the belief that there is only one God and that IDOL worship is not appropriate.The Arya Samaj was the first Hindu organisation to promote proselytization.Dayananda Saraswati was a Hindu SCHOLAR, social activist, and the founder of the Arya Samaj, a Vedic dharma reform movement.In 1876, he was the first to call for Swaraj, referring to India as "India for Indians," a call that Lokmanya Tilak later adopted. Raja Ram Mohan RoyHe was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, which was the forerunner of the Brahmo Samaj, an Indian subcontinent social-religious reform movement.Swami VivekanandaHe was an Indian Hindu monk who lived from the 18th century to the early 20th century. He was a close follower of Indian mystic Ramakrishna in the nineteenth century.The Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission were both founded by Swami Vivekananda.