Renowned Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh passed away on Friday after a cardiac arrest at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences here on Friday evening. The hospital said that they attempted to revive him for half an hour before declaring Agnivesh dead. His condition deteriorated on Friday. The 80-year-old leader, a former MLA from Haryana, founded a political party, Arya Sabha, that was based on the principles of the Arya Samaj, in 1970. Agnivesh was also involved in various areas of social activism including campaigns against female foeticide and emancipation of women.

Source: dna September 11, 2020 15:25 UTC