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Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 — 4 July 1902) was an Indian social reformer, preacher, propagator and a practitioner of practical Vedanta. The year 2013 is being celebrated as Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary. Lots of initiatives have been taken worldwide in this year. In Wikipedia, it is our effort to pay tribute to the great humanitarian of the nineteenth century.

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Number of Swami Vivekananda related DYKs per month
Month	Number of DYK
January (2013)	2
February	0
March	3
April	1
May	1
June	3
July	11
August	2
September	9
October	14
November	2(last count: Rousing Call to Hindu Nation)

Number	Date	Article	DYK	Archived copy	Views	Note
1	12 January 2013	Khandana Bhava–Bandhana	... that the Bengali prayer song Khandana Bhava–Bandhana was composed by Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda (pictured)	link	1020	It was featured on Swami Vivekananda's birthday
2	20 January	Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre	... that 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street, Kolkata, is the birthplace of Indian monk Swami Vivekananda?		620
3	5 March	The Light: Swami Vivekananda	... that the new biopic, The Light: Swami Vivekananda, was released in early 2013 as a tribute for the 150th anniversary of the Swami's birth?		1395
4	9 March	Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society	... that after Swami Vivekananda gave a lecture on Vedanta Philosophy at the Graduate Philosophical Society of Harvard University, he was offered a faculty position?		490
5	18 March	150th birthday of Swami Vivekananda	... that in 2012, a three-day World Congress of Religions conference was organized by the Institute of World Religions to commemorate the 150th birthday of Swami Vivekananda?		1201
6	17 April	Kali the Mother (poem)	... that in the poem Kali the Mother written by Swami Vivekananda in 1898, the poet worshipped the terrible form of Hindu goddess Kali (pictured)?	link	5123
7	31 May	Alasinga Perumal	... that Alasinga Perumal (pictured) sold his wife's jewelry to help the financially beleaguered Swami Vivekananda, a participant in the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago?	link	3264
8	4 June	Ajit Singh of Khetri	... that Swami Vivekananda said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of Ajit Singh, eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of Khetri, Rajasthan?	link	1180
9	13 June	Eugene Chelyshev	... that Eugene Chelyshev was the first Russian to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by the Government of India in 2004?	link	443
10	29 June	The Hymn of Samadhi	... that in the poem The Hymn of Samadhi, Swami Vivekananda explained experiences of Nirvikalpa Samadhi?	link	353
11	2 July	Sister Gargi	... that Sister Gargi, an American, wrote a highly regarded six-volume book on Swami Vivekananda?	link	1360
12	4 July	My Master (book)	... that My Master is an English book combined from two lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda in New York and England in 1901?	link	697
13	4 July	To the Fourth of July	... that Swami Vivekananda (pictured) wrote To the Fourth of July on the celebration of United States' Independence and incidentally died on the same date four years later?	link	2669
14	6 July	Bhupendranath Datta	... that Bhupendranath Datta discussed his older brother Swami Vivekananda's socialist views in his book Swami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet?	link	439
15	7 July	Inspired Talks	... that the book Inspired Talks (1909) contains a series of lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda in mid-1895 to a group of selected disciples at the Thousand Island Park, New York?	link	301
16	8 July	The Song of the Sannyasin	... that in The Song of the Sannyasin, Swami Vivekananda defined the ideals of Sannyasa or monastic life?	link	487
17	9 July	Pavhari Baba	... that Pavhari Baba, an Indian ascetic and a practitioner of Hatha yoga, reportedly used to meditate for days in his underground hermitage at Ghazipur?	link	1385
18	10 July	Lectures from Colombo to Almora	... that upon Swami Vivekananda's arrival in South India in 1897, a 40-foot (12 m) high monument was built by the king of Ramnad to celebrate his achievements at the West?	link	552
19	14 July	Sankari Prasad Basu	... that Sankari Prasad Basu, an Indian scholar, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his research work Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha?	link	420
20	17 July	Baranagar Math	... that Baranagar Math was the first monastery of the Ramakrishna Order, where Narendranath Datta and his brother disciples took refuge after their Master's death?	link	1403
21	18 July	Bibliography of Swami Vivekananda	... that The Monk As Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda is one of the many books written on Swami Vivekananda?	Link	1776
22	8 August	J. J. Goodwin	... that without the efforts of British stenographer J. J. Goodwin, a good number of lectures of Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda would have been lost?		1019
23	18 August	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University	... that Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University has affiliations with more than 60 engineering colleges and 30 polytechnic colleges in Chhattisgarh, India?	link	652
24	11 September	Swami Vivekananda (film)	... that Mithun Chakraborty (pictured) won the National Film Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Ramakrishna in the 1998 film Swami Vivekananda?	link	1361	Swami Vivekananda first lecture at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893)
25	15 September	Sister Christine	... that Sister Christine (pictured) said that Swami Vivekananda's mere uttering of the word "India" stirred emotions of "love, passion, pride, longing, adoration, tragedy, chivalry, heimweh, and again love"?	Archive copy link	3182	Swami Vivekananda's second lecture date in Chicago
26	19 September	Vedanta Society of New York	... that Vedanta Society of New York (VSNY) was the first Vedanta Society, founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894?	link	806	Swami Vivekananda's third lecture at Chicago
27	20 September	Swami Vivekananda statue (Golpark, Kolkata)	... that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation provided ₹1.2 million (US$15,000) for a new 12-foot-high statue of Swami Vivekananda in Golpark, Kolkata?	link	845	Swami Vivekananda's fourth lecture at Chicago
28	24 September	Vivekodayam	... that the name of Vivekodayam, a Malayalam literary magazine founded in 1904, was a tribute to Swami Vivekananda?	link	848
29	26 September	Josephine MacLeod	... that Josephine MacLeod, an American devotee of Swami Vivekananda considered the day she met the Swami for the first time as her "spiritual birthday"?	link	2549	Swami Vivekananda fifth lecture at Chicago
30	27 September	Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached	... that Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached, originally a sloka of Katha Upanishad, was Swami Vivekananda's (pictured) message to the Hindus to get out of their hypnotized state of mind?	link	3165	Swami Vivekananda's last lecture at Chicago, 1893
31	29 September	Bartaman Bharat	... that in Bartaman Bharat (1905), Swami Vivekananda felt that India was in a "terrible danger" and suggested not to foolishly imitate the West?	link	672
32	29 September	Nachuk Tahate Shyama	... that the poem Nachuk Tahate Shyama, written by Swami Vivekananda, relates to one's surrender to the Hindu goddess Kali (pictured)	link	787
33	1 October	Religion not the Crying need of India	... that on 20 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stated at the Parliament of the World's Religions that Religion was not the crying need of India	link	2390
34	3 October	Eknath Ranade	... that Eknath Ranade, who founded the Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari, was honoured as a Karmayogi?	link	Views
35	4 October	Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism	... that Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda asserted that "Buddhism was the fulfilment of Hinduism	link	Views
36	6 October	Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha	... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda?	link	Views	Comments
37	8 October	Sangeet Kalpataru	... that the Bengali anthology Sangeet Kalpataru (1887), edited by Narendranath Datta and Vaishnab Charan Basak, was republished in 1963 as Sangeet Sadhanay Vivekananda O Sangeet Kalpataru?	link	Views	Comments
38	9 October	Swami Vivekananda in California	... that during Vivekananda's stay in California, he opined that Jesus was a Yogi?	link	Views	Comments
39	16 October	Daridra Narayana	... that Daridra Narayana is an axiom enunciated by Swami Vivekananda that espouses service of the poor as equivalent in importance and piety to the service of God?		600	Comments
40	19 October	John Henry Wright	... that Harvard professor John Henry Wright (pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"?		2297	Comments
41	20 October	go to Dakshineswar and meet	... that Professor William Hastie suggested that Swami Vivekananda go to Dakshineswar and meet Ramakrishna to understand the meaning of the word "trance"?			Comments
42	21 October	influenced by Swami Vivekananda	... that Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by Swami Vivekananda when he said that "the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold"?		1192	Comments
43	22 October	Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha	... that Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha, a motto created by Swami Vivekananda, suggests a twofold aim of human life – one is to seek one's own salvation and the other is to do welfare of the world?		521	Comments
44	23 October	Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar	... that according to scholars, Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar (image of deity pictured) was a significant event in his life?		3294	Comments
45	25 October	Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week	... that during the Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week in April 2012, 65,000 youths were handed job appointment letters in Gujarat, India?		784	Comments
46	26 October	Ram Chandra Datta	... that Ram Chandra Datta and his cousin Narendra Nath Datta (later titled Swami Vivekananda), as disciples of Ramakrishna, belonged to the "Householder Group" and "Renouncer Group" respectively?			Comments
47	4 November	Swami Vivekananda	... that Swami Vivekananda is credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century?		5237	Comments]]
48	6 November	Rousing Call to Hindu Nation	... that Eknath Ranade published the book Rousing Call to Hindu Nation in 1963, the centenary year of the birth of Swami Vivekananda?		390	Comments]]