- Every year, National Youth Day is celebrated in India on January 12th.
- The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of India's greatest philosophers and spiritual leaders, has been celebrated as National Youth Day every year since 1985.
- In 1984, the government declared January 12th as National Youth Day.
- Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa was his guru (spiritual teacher).
- Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863, in Kolkata as Narendra Nath Datta. He passed away in 1902.
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