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National Youth Day

• National Youth Day is celebrated in India every 12th January on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday.

• In 1984 the Government of India declared the day as the National Youth Day

• It was felt that the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

Books By Swami Vivekananda

• A Benediction • A Blessing • ANGELS UNAWARES • Hold Yet A While (To My Own Soul) • Kali The Mother• Light • My Play Is Done • On The Sea's Bosom • Peace Quest For God• REQUIESCAT IN PACE • Song Of The Sanyasin • The Living God The Song Of The Free

Poems By Swami Vivekananda

Todays Distinguished Youths • Narain Karthikeyan: 30 years old, this

young man is on the fast track to success. After graduating from the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, Narain is now racing for GP and represents India.

• Sania Mirza: This young tennis star needs no introduction. The first Indian woman to play in a Grand Slam Tennis Open, she is strong-willed and has an undeterred passion for tennis.

• Mahindra Singh Dhoni: Captain of the Indian ODI team at only 27, Dhoni led the T20 squad to win the World Cup and restore India’s cricketing pride.

Todays Distinguished Youths • Rahul Gandhi :Rahul Gandhi is the Vice

President of the Indian National Congress and the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress plus National Students Union of India

• Abhinav Singh Bindra : An Indian Shooter who won the Gold Medal in 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games

• Chetan Bhagat: is an Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels, Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, 2 States, Revolution 2020, and What Young India Wants

Kids of wonderS Sanjay and Shravan Kumaran: Sanjay Kumaran (11) and Sanjay Kumaran (13), two brothers from Chennai build a mobile phone applications firm that have witnessed over 10,000 downloads across the world already. Sanjay is probably the youngest CEO in the world. Shravan is in the eighth grade and Sanjay in the sixth at Vael’s Billabong International School, Chennai

Keshav: He is a 10 year old tabla player and has performed at Delhi Commonwealth Games already. He started when he was 2 years old.

Akrit Jaswal: He is a 15year old child prodigy who conducted a successful surgery on a girl whose fingers were fused together after serious burns