Splits With The Arya Samaj
In 1927 another Arya Samaj body, known as the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha was formed, supported by some of the veterans of the Arya Samaj. The new body obtained recognition from the Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha (World Council of Arya Samaj) in New Delhi and grew popular. The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Swami Dayanand was celebrated in 1933 separately by the two Arya Samaj organisations. In 1934, another group broke away from the Paropkarni Sabha and formed the Arya Ravi Ved Pracharini Sabha. Despite these divisions, the work of Arya Samaj, particularly in promoting Vedic teachings and the Hindi language, continued until 1950 when the Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha sent Swami Swantantranand Saraswati to restore unity by diplomacy. After protractede negotiations the Arya Paropkarini Sabha and the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha agreed to merge to form the Arya Sabha Mauritius, but the Arya Ravi Ved Pracharini Sabha remained a separate body. Swami Swantantranand Saraswati returned to India and at the first election of the executive committee of the new Sabha all the former members of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha lost their seats. They then reconstituted the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha in 1954. Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha intervened once again and sent Swami Dhruvanand Saraswati who managed to persuade the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha to merge with the Arya Sabha Mauritius in 1958. In 1970, the Arya Sabha Mauritius and the Arya Ravi Ved Pracharini Sabha jointly celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of Arya Samaj in Mauritius.
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