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- The Indian Government declared Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, January 12, as National Youth Day in 1984.
- Its objective is to honor the great spiritual leader, and to encourage the youth in the country.
- It will be celebrated with the theme ‘Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building‘.
- The National Youth Festival was to be held between January 12, 2020 and January 16, 2020 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- The 23rd National Youth Festival was organized by the Union Ministry of youth Affairs and State Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- The theme of the festival is Fit Youth Fit India.
About Vivekananda
- Narendra Nath Datta, famously known as Swami Vivekananda, was born on 12 January 1863.
- He represented India in the first Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in 1893.
- He established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 at Belur near Calcutta.
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had called Vivekananda the “maker of modern India.”
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