Pandit Shri Krishna Sharma was an Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...

 preacher who came to Fiji

Fiji

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 in 1926 from Rajkot, India

India

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. He was a gifted public speaker and singer of religious songs. He provided impetus to the Arya Samaj movement in Fiji. Under his influence Arya Samaj schools and temples were established in Fiji. He was responsible for the establishment of the Hindu Maha Sabha

Hindu Maha Sabha (Fiji)

Hindu Maha Sabha was an organisation representing various Hindu organisations and was formed in Fiji in 1926, following the formation of All-India Hindu Maha Sabha in India. The formation of the organisation both in India and Fiji occurred after the assassination of Swami Shraddhanand, a Hindu...

for the purpose of uniting all Hindus in Fiji. He advocated shuddhi

Shuddhi

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(reconversion to Hinduism) and this caused conflict with Muslim

Muslim

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s and Christian

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s in Fiji.

Sharma also started a monthly Hindi language newspaper called the Vedic Sandesh.

He returned to India in 1929 and the Government of Fiji refused permission for him to return to Fiji.

In 1956, he returned to Fiji to participate in the Golden Jubilee

Golden Jubilee

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 of the Arya Samaj in Fiji. He founded the D.A.V. College

Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System

The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System, also familiarly known as the D.A.V. Public Schools System is the single largest non-governmental education society in India . It is based on the ideals of the religious and social reformer, Swami Dayanand Saraswati...

 in Suva

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 and an Arya temple in Nadi

Nadi

Nadi is the third-largest conurbation in Fiji. It is located on the western side of the main island of Viti Levu, and had a population of 42,284 at the most recent census, in 2007. Nadi is multiracial with many of its inhabitants Indian or Fijian, along with a large transient population of foreign...

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