Overview
- India observes January 12 as National Youth Day on Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, with schools, colleges and youth bodies hosting debates, workshops, cultural events and community service.
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports launches National Youth Week from January 12, featuring seminars, leadership activities and social initiatives.
- Government recognition dates to the mid-1980s, reported as 1984 in several articles and as 1985 in others, reflecting a minor discrepancy in coverage.
- Recent coverage connects his themes of self-belief, discipline, fearlessness and service to Gen Z realities through first‑person reflections on confidence, perseverance and learning in a digital era.
- Features revisit his life and influence, from the 1893 Chicago address to lesser-known Kashmir pilgrimages in 1897–98, to illustrate the roots of his appeal to young Indians.