Swami Vivekananda

Born: 12 January 1863 Calcutta (now Kolkata)

Died: 4 July 1902 (aged 39) Belur Math, Bengal Presidency,British Raj (now in Belur, West Bengal)

Biography: Born Narendranath Dutta,  was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.