- National Youth Day is celebrated every year on January 12 to recognise and honour the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
- Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863 at Kolkata. National Youth Day is celebrated across the nation at schools and colleges. However, this year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and most educational institutions being shut, the celebrations will be different.
- Swami Vivekananda accorded great importance to youth power towards nation-building and universal brotherhood. Swami Ji considered education to be a continuous process in which all aspects of life, such as physical, intellectual, emotional, mortal, and spiritual should be imbibed.