●  Name - Narendra Nath Datta


●  Born - 12,January,1863.

●  Parents - Vishwanath Datta (Father) , Bhubaneswari Devi (Mother).

●  He was the one among Nine Siblings.

●  His Father Was Attorney at the Calcutta High Court.

●  1871 - At the age of 8   He joined Ishwar Chandra Vidhyasagar's Metropolitan Institution.

●  He was the Only student to receive first division marks in the Presidency College Entrance Examination.

●  1881 - He passed Fine Arts Examination.

●  1884 - He completed Bachelor of Arts Degree.

●  William Hastie (principal of Christian College, Calcutta, from where Narendra graduated) wrote, "Narendra is really a genius. I have travelled far and wide but I have never come across a lad of his talents and possibilities, even in German universities, among philosophical students. He is bound to make his mark in life". 


●  Narendra was known for his prodigious memory and the ability at speed reading. 

●  Some accounts have called Narendra a Shrutidhara (a person with a prodigious memory).

●  1880 - Narendra joined Keshab Chandra Sen's Nava Vidhan, which was established by Sen after meeting Ramakrishna and reconverting from Christianity to Hinduism.

●  1881 to 1884 - he was also active in Sen's Band of Hope, which tried to discourage youths from smoking and drinking.

●  1881 - Narendra first met Ramakrishna, who became his spiritual focus after his own father had died in 1884.

●  1885 - Ramakrishna suffered a throat cancer.

●  16 August 1886 - Ramakrishna paramhansh died at cossipore.

●  1886 - Narendra took Name of " Swami Vivekananda " in order to live his life like his master Lived.

●  1887 - Narendra compiled a Bengali song anthology named Sangeet Kalpataru with Vaishnav Charan Basak.

●  1888-1893 - He travelled india For 5 years. He developed sympathy for the suffering and poverty of the people, and resolved to uplift the nation.

●  31, May , 1893 - He left Bombay for Chicago.

●  30,July , 1893 - He Reached Chicago. In between this route He visited various Cities of Japan, China, Canada.

● 11, September, 1893 - " Parliament of Religions " took place at Art Institute of Chicago and Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism.

●  He began his speech with "Sisters and brothers of America!". At these words, Vivekananda received a two-minute standing ovation from the crowd of seven thousand. 


●  1894 - He founded the Vedanta Society of New York.

●  1895 and 1896 - He travelled twice to U.K.

●  1896 - his book Raja Yoga was published.

● Vivekananda founded Periodical Brahmavadin to Teach the Vedanta.

●  1889 - Vivekananda's translation of the first six chapters of the Imitation of Christ was published in Brahmavadin.

●  16 December 1896 - Vivekananda left for India  from England with his disciples Captain and Mrs. Sevier and J.J. Goodwin.

●  1 May 1897 - in Calcutta, Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission for social service.

●  june, 1899 -  Vivekananda left for the West for a second time.

●  Died - 4 july, 1902 at Belur Math, West Bengal.