Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati appeared as a shining star on the socio-religious firmament of princely India that is Bharat in 1824 at village Tankara, district Rajkot in a family of orthodox Audichya Brahmins. Although it was a family of landed aristocrats of sorts but the baby-boy’s father, Karsanji Tiwary was entrusted with the job of Keeping land records of a small state named Morvi. He was granted some perks and privileges in lieu and the local peasantry respected him as an official of the state.