Chandapur discourse on theism

Two kayasth landlord brothers pyarelal and mukta prasad in order to arrive at an unanimous conclusion on ideas of theism, by discourse of scholars of different religious invited Bishop T.J.Scot, Maulana Mohd. Kasim of Devanand and Swami Dayanand as spokesmen of chritianity, islam, and vedic dharma respectively. It was organised on 19 and 20th March 1877 and only two topics could be discussed, viz. (1)Source of creation of the universe and (2)Salvation - What it is and how can it be achieved. Swami Dayanand reviewed the version of the Bishop and Maulvi and presented his views with evidence from the vedas in a very lucid and effective way.