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Swami Satya Prakash Saraswati and Vijnana Parishad Prayag at Allahabad

Swami Satya Prakash Saraswati (1905-1995) was the editor and author of commentary for a complete edition of the four Vedas, viz. the Samhitas of the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. His many other published works cover topics of Hinduism influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati's Arya Samaj reform movement. Saraswati was born in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. He was the son of pundit Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya, himself a dedicated Arya Samaji writer.

Swamiji was a chemist, promoting at the Allahabad University in 1932. He served as head of the chemistry department of the Allahabad University. In 1971, he became a sannyasi dedicated to Dayananda Saraswati's Arya Samaj, as illustrated in his books "Dayananda- a philosopher' and 'Vincit Veritas' His M.Sc.(Chemistry) students were to defend their thesis before Prof C.V.Raman, Noble Laureate; that was the level of his teaching at Allahabad University. He was Instrumental in progress of FIRST SCIENCE ACADEMY OF INDIA namely "Vijnana Parishad" at Allahabad which is still working since 1913, and publication of FIRST SCIENCE MONTHLY in Hindi which is still being published since April, 1915.