Swami Vivekananda [Narendranath, Naren] Swamy Vivekananda was the great Hindu Monk in history records. Hindu religious events mostly identified by Vivekananda all over the world. Chicago Conference and speeches of Vivekananda was the top most identification of India and Indian Culture. Vivekananda or Narendranath Datta or simply Naren was born on 1836 January 12 Monday. His father Viswanath Datta his mother Bhuvaneswari Devi. He was born in Calcutta. The Datta family was rich, respectable and renowned for charity, learning and strong spirit of Independence. Narendranath's grandfather Durgacharan Datta was well versed in Persian and Sanskrit and was skilled in law. But after the birth of his son Viswanath he renounced the world and became a monk. He was then 25 years old. Viswanath Datta was an Attorney at law in the Calcutta High Court. He also enjoyed the study of the Bible and of the Hindu Scripts in Sanskrit. Viswanath was rationalistic and progressive in outlook in matters re...