National Youth Day is observed every year on January 12 to honour the teachings and ideals of Swami Vivekananda.
National Youth Day is observed every year on January 12 to honour the teachings and ideals of Swami Vivekananda.
About the Day
- Since 1984, January 12 is observed as National Youth Day across the country.
- The day is marked all over India at schools and colleges, with processions, speeches, music, youth conventions, seminars, Yogasanas, presentations, competitions in essay-writing, recitations and sports every year.
- Yuva Diwas is also celebrated to encourage the youth in the country to become a better person and achieve an honorable life contributing to the development of the country.
- The theme for National youth day 2021 is YUVAAH – Utsah Naye Bharat Ka.
Swami Vivekananda
- Born on January 12, 1863, in Kolkata, Swami Vivekananda was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna and was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world.
- Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
- He pushed for national integration in colonial India, and his famous speech remains as the one that he gave in Chicago in 1893.
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