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{{Short description|Indian historian and educator (1911–2003)}} | |||
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[[File:Swami omanand saraswati1.jpg|thumb|Swami Omanand Saraswati at the Kanya Gurukul in Narela]] | [[File:Swami omanand saraswati1.jpg|thumb|Swami Omanand Saraswati at the Kanya Gurukul in Narela]] | ||
'''Swami Omanand Saraswati''' (1911, – 23 March 2003) was an [[educator]] and collector of ancient artifacts in [[Haryana]], | '''Swami Omanand Saraswati''' (1911, – 23 March 2003) was an [[educator]] and collector of ancient artifacts in [[Haryana]], India.<ref>{{cite book |title=Metalwork of the Bronze Age in India |first=Paul |last=Yule |publisher=C. H. Beck |year=1985 |isbn=9783406304408 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkAOW80MfjQC&pg=PA95 |page=95}}</ref> He was born in March 1910 in [[Narela]], near [[Delhi]], and died at Delhi on 23 March 2003 at the age of 93.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} | ||
Saraswati was director of the archaeological museum at [[Jhajjar]], to the collections of which he made significant accessions from all over India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jhajjar.nic.in/gurukuljjr.aspx |title=Jhajja Museum |publisher=District Administration of Jhajjar |access-date=2014-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407214256/http://www.jhajjar.nic.in/gurukuljjr.aspx |archive-date=7 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Arya Samaj]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-copper-hoards-of-northern-india/ |first=Paul |last=Yule |title=The Copper Hoards of Northern India |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |work=Expedition Magazine |volume=39 |issue=1 |date=March 1997 | | Saraswati was director of the archaeological museum at [[Jhajjar]], to the collections of which he made significant accessions from all over India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jhajjar.nic.in/gurukuljjr.aspx |title=Jhajja Museum |publisher=District Administration of Jhajjar |access-date=2014-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407214256/http://www.jhajjar.nic.in/gurukuljjr.aspx |archive-date=7 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Arya Samaj]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-copper-hoards-of-northern-india/ |first=Paul |last=Yule |title=The Copper Hoards of Northern India |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |work=Expedition Magazine |volume=39 |issue=1 |date=March 1997 |access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Arya Samaj | * [[Arya Samaj]]is | ||
* [[Hindu reform movements|Hindu reformists]] | * [[Hindu reform movements|Hindu reformists]] | ||