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Detailed explanation-1: -Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti is an optional public holiday in India. Hence, offices, public, private or government, schools, academic institutions, colleges, and universities around the country, remain open and fully functional on this auspicious day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Birth of Dayananda Saraswati - [February 12, 1824] This Day in History. On 12 February 1824, social and religious reformer Swami Dayananda Saraswati was born. He was born at Tankara located in Gujarat. He founded the Arya Samaj on April 7, 1875.