National Youth Day (January 12) Swami Vivekananda’s birth day, January 12th is being celebrated as National Youth Day, every year. He was the chief disciple of  Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the founder of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Vivekananda was the first known Hindu Swami to go to the West, where he introduced Eastern thought at the world Parliament of Religions, in connection with the world fair in Chicago in 1893. He...