National Youth Day 2020 | 13 Jan 2020

National Youth Day (NYD) is observed on Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary on January 12 every year.

To honour Swami Vivekananda's contributions to the country, the government in the year 1984, declared his birthday as National Youth Day.
The main objective of NYD is to promote rational thinking among the youth. Youth is expected to rise to the values, principles and beliefs that Vivekananda lived by.
National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020: On this occasion, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Uttar Pradesh government also jointly organized 23^rd NYF 2020.
- The Government has been organizing National Youth Festival (NYF) since 1995.
- The objective of NYF is to provide an arena where youth can interact and exchange their social and cultural uniqueness. This blend of diverse socio-cultural milieu proves belief in ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’.
- The theme of the NYF 2020 is ‘FIT YOUTH FIT INDIA’.

He was born as Narendranath Datta on January 12, 1863.
Introduced the world to the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga.
He was the chief disciple of the 19^th-century mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
Laid the greatest emphasis on education for the regeneration of our motherland. He advocated a man-making character-building education.
Established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897. It is an organization which works in the area of value-based education, culture, health, women's empowerment, youth and tribal welfare and relief and rehabilitation.
He died at Belur Math in 1902. Belur Math, located in West Bengal, is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.

Ramakrishna Paramhansa

He was born as Gadadhar Chattopadhyay in 1836 in West Bengal.
He was one of the leading Hindu spiritual leaders in the 19^th century.
He believed that the realization of the existence of God is the supreme goal of all living beings.