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September 23, 2015

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Historical Context for September 23, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]

Notable Deaths

Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)

2015Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930)[†]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati was a renunciate monk of the Hindu Saraswati order of sannyasa. He was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta. He was the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in Pennsylvania, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the spiritual Guru of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan,, for his service to the nation in the field of spirituality in 2016.

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