A monk and a heartened disciple of Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekanand has been an influential personality who inspired by millions of people worldwide. His morals and magnetic aura are being celebrated even after a century of his demise. Born on 12th January 1863, Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual thinker who was very vocal about the importance of youth in the process of nation-building. Swami Vivekananda had incredible understanding and knowledge of philosophy, religion, literature, Vedas, Puranas and Upanishads. He decided to take his ideals and imprint them on a larger scale by addressing the youth of the country and empower them to fight against the British Raj in the late 19th century. His weapons in this battle with the Britishers were education and peace. Furthermore, he backed every single word that he uttered with intensive research and thorough knowledge of the subject. In order to honour his vision and motivate youth to act on it, National Youth Day is celebrated o 12th January across the country.  Here are some little known facts about the great monk:

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