essay on history of vivekanand
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Swami Vivekananda was born on 12th of January in 1863 in Kolkata as Narendranath Datta to Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. He was an extraordinary child with spiritual thoughts. His education was irregular but he completed Bachelor of Arts degree from the Scottish Church College, Kolkata. His religious and monk life started when he met Shri Ramakrishna and accepted him as his Guru. Later he led the Vedanta movement and introduced the Indian philosophy of Hinduism in western countries.
His Chicago speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religion on 11th September, 1893 where he represented India helped in establishing Hinduism as an important world religion. He was very intelligent person with in-depth knowledge of Hindu scriptures (Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Bhagawata Gita, etc). Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raj Yoga, and Jnana Yoga are some of his major and famous works.