Swami Dayananda and Indian Nationalism : The Social and Political Philosophy of Swami Dayananda and His Impact on the National Movement of India

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. The contemporary India of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati 1824-1883. 2. Dayananda, the man and his mission. 3. Religion and national identity. 4. The social ideas of Swami Dayananda-society and polity. 5. Dayananda and nationalism: political ideas of Swami Dayananda his political ideas. 6. The Raj Dharma: the science of statecraft. 7. Dayananda and Indian nationalism. 8. Dayananda: a thinker of nineteenth century India. Appendices. Bibliography. Notes and references.

"This is basically the thesis that was accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science by the University of Lucknow. The thesis was entitled, the social and political philosophy of Swamy Dayananda and his impact on the National Movement of India and its was on the suggestion of one of the examiners of the dissertation Raghvan. N. Iyer D. Phil (Oxon) Professor of Political Science University of California Santa Barbra that the title has been changed to Swami Dayananda and Indian nationalism." (jacket)