The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by:
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

1 Answer

Answer :

(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

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