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Swami Vivekananda, The Role Model of Youth |
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1863 |
January 12 |
Birth in Kolkata |
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1879 |
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Enters Presidency College |
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1880 |
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Transfers to General Assembly Institution |
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1881 |
November |
First meeting with Sri Ramakrishna |
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1882-1886 |
Association with Sri Ramakrishna |
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1884 |
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Passes B. A. Examination |
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Father passes away |
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1885 |
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Sri Ramakrishna’s last illness |
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1886 |
August 16 |
Sri Ramakrishna passes away |
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Fall |
Establishes Baranagar Math |
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December 24 |
Informal vow of sannyasa at Antpur |
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1887 |
January |
Formal vows of sannyasa at Baranagar Monastery |
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1890-1893 |
Travels all over India as itinerant monk | |
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1892 |
December 24 |
At Kanyakumari, South India |
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1893 |
February 13 |
First public lecture, Secunderabad, South India |
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May 31 |
Sails for America from Mumbai |
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July 25 |
Lands at Vancouver, Canada |
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July 30 |
Arrives in Chicago |
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August |
Meets Professor John Ft. Wright of Harvard University |
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September 11 |
First address at Parliament of Religions, Chicago |
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September 27 |
Final address at Parliament of Religions |
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November 20 |
Begins mid-western lecture tour |
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1894 |
April 14 |
Begins lectures and classes on East Coast |
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May 16 |
Speaks at Harvard University |
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July-August |
At Green Acre Religious Conference |
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November |
Founds Vedanta Society of New York |
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1895 |
January |
Begins classes in New York |
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June 4-18 |
At Camp Percy, New Hampshire |
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June-August |
At Thousand Island Park on St. Lawrence river, N.Y. |
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August-September |
In Paris |
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October-November |
Lectures in London |
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December 6 |
Sails for New York |
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1896 |
March 22-25 |
Speaks at Harvard University, offered Eastern Philosophy chair |
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April 15 |
Returns to London |
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May-July |
Gives classes in London |
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May 28 |
Meets Max Muller in Oxford |
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August-September |
In the Europe for six weeks |
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October-November |
Gives classes in London |
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December 30 |
Leaves Naples for India |
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1897 |
January 15 |
Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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February 6-15 |
In Chennai |
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February 19 |
Arrives in Kolkata |
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May 1 |
Establishes Ramakrishna Mission Association, Kolkata |
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May-December |
Tours northwest India |
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1898 |
January |
Returns to Kolkata |
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May |
Begins North India pilgrimage with Western devotees |
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August 2 |
At Amarnath, Kashmir |
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December 9 |
Consecrates Belur Math |
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1899 |
March 19 |
Establishes Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati |
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June 20 |
Leaves India for second visit to the West |
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July 31 |
Arrives in London |
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August 28 |
Arrives in New York City |
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August-November |
At Ridgely Manor, New York |
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December 3 |
Arrives in Los Angeles |
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1900 |
February 22 |
Arrives in San Francisco |
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April 14 |
Founds Vedanta Society in San Francisco |
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June |
Final classes in New York City |
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July 26 |
Leaves for Europe |
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August 3 |
Arrives in Paris for International Exposition |
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September 7 |
Speaks at Congress of History of Religions at Exposition |
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October 24 |
Begins tour of Vienna, Constantinople, Greece and Cairo |
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November 26 |
Leaves for India |
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December 9 |
Arrives at Belur Math |
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1901 |
January |
Visits Mayavati |
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March-May |
Pilgrimage in East Bengal and Assam |
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1902 |
January-February |
Visits Bodh Gaya and Varanasi |
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March |
Returns to Belur Math |
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July 4 |
Mahasamadhi |
| Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, Yug Purush and Architect of Bright Future | |||
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1911 |
Ashvin Krishna Triyodashi Vikram Samvat 1968 corresponding to 20th September 1911 |
Birth in Anwalkheda village in Agra district. Father: Pt. Roopkishore Sharma; Mother: Dankunwari devi. |
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Intense inclination towards spiritual endeavors from childhood. | ||
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2 |
He would always be involved in spiritual discussions with colleagues. | ||
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3 |
Deep attachment toward the majestic Himalayas. |
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4 |
When hardly ten years old escaped from his house and on being caught said Himalayas was his home and he would go there. |
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5 |
Extreme love and sympathy for depressed, down-trodden and the untouchables. |
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Served ailing Harijan community despite opposition by family members and the high society he belonged to. | ||
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1921 |
Thread ceremony and initiation in Gayatri mantra by Mahamana Malviyaji in Banaras | ||
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1926 |
January 18, 1926 |
First Meeting With Spiritual Master-Swami Sarveshwaranandaji, an ageless yogi from Himalayas in subtle body. | |
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January 18, 1926 |
Self-realization on Basant Panchanmi Parva 1926 at Anwalkheda (Agra, UP, India) | ||
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January 18, 1926 |
Received five directions to accomplish in this life. | ||
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Perform 24 Purashcharnas (2.4 million chants of Gayatri Mantra) to acquire intense spiritual power. Barley bread and cow’s butter-milk to be the only diet. | ||
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Keep Akhand-Deep (a lamp) constantly lighted | ||
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3 |
Undertake journeys to the Himalayas for higher levels of spiritual sadhana and guidance for future activities. | ||
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Synergize science with spirituality |
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Consider married life like a sacred hermitage and establish its utility to attain higher spiritual elevation. | ||
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1927-1928 |
Active participation by writing articles in ‘Sainik’ Paper. | ||
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Published and propagated through it the sacrifice of freedom fighters in the Satyagraha movement. Flared up a fire of revolution by writing articles and songs under the column “Matta Pralap” in Sainik. |
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1930 To 1942 |
Shriram ‘Matta’ – A freedom Fighter | ||
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Intense spiritual asceticism (tapa) of adolescent Shriram begins. | ||
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Active participation in Freedom Fight on Mahatma Gandhi’s call. |
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Joined Indian National Congress volunteers camp despite strong opposition of family members and relatives. |
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Sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six months six times during struggle for independence. |
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His love for India was such that a piece of the National Flag remained clung tightly between his teeth despite beaten unconscious when brutally man-handled by British police during Jail Satyagraha in Agra Disctrict. | ||
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Since then people on account of his intense national love started calling him Shriram ‘Matta’. |
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Remained confined in Asansol Jail along with Mahamana Malviyaji, Swarooprani Nehru, Devdas Gandhi, Rafi | ||
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8 |
Ahmad Kidwai etc. in connection with freedom movement and was inspired here to collect funds from the masses (Muththi Fund) for the extension of Social activities. |
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Collection of authentic figures of Land Revenue of Agra District which was appreciated by Pt. Govind Vallabh Pant and presented by Gandhiji in British Parliament. |
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1937 |
Entry into Journalism – beginning of Thought Transformation Movement andFirst Issue of Akhand-Jyoti Magazine published, Which is now celebrating its 75 years of Diamond Jubilee. | ||
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1940 |
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Regular Publication of Akhand Jyoti magazine from Akhand Jyoti Sansthan, and Yug Nirman Yojna and Yug Shakti Gayatri from Gayatri Tapobhoomi Mathura. |
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Publication and propagation of inspiring literature on individual, family and society reconstruction through thousands of books personally authored on almost all aspects of human life. | ||
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3 |
Extension of Sadhana by accomplished devotee of Gayatri |
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The column ‘My talk to my people’ (Apano se Apani bat) has organised awakened souls. | ||
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Publication of Gayatri Mahavigyan (Super Science of Gayatri) in three volumes that presents the basis of development of Indian culture, spirituality, sadhana and Sanskar. | ||
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Wrote treaties (in Hindi) on all most entire Indian Scriptures 4 Vedas, 108 Upanishads, 6 Darshans, 18 Puran | ||
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1943 |
He married Bhagwati Devi. | ||
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1953 |
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Established Gayatri Tapobhumi at Mathura celebrated 108 Kundiya Yagya. | |
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Established a huge Gayatri Shakti Peeth at Anwalkheda. | ||
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1956 |
Narmedh (Sacrificing one’s everything) Yagya. Donated ancestral land, building and established Mata Dankunwari Inter College. (Now converted into a Degree college) at birth place, Anwalkheda. |
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1958 |
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1008 Kundiya Yagya as a welcome creation of Gayatri Pariwar | |
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Establishment of Global Movement | ||
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3 |
Collection of water and soil of 2400 Teerthas (pilgrimage centres) across the country to inculcate unity of all religions. |
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Establishment of Yug Nirman Vidyalaya at Mathura for training in self reliance and small-scale cottage industries. | ||
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1970 |
Started establishment of 4000 branches of Gayatri Pariwar branches. | ||
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Conduct of five huge 1008 kundiya Mahayagya on large scale throughout India |
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1971-1990 |
The period 1971-1990 witnessed remarkable multifaceted accomplishments of Acharyaji’s life. | ||
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1971 |
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Revival of Rishi Tradition | |
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Establishment of Shantikunj (an academy for moral and spiritual awakening and training) in Sapt-Sarovar Hardwar in 1971 and commencement of Rishi Parampara in present era. | ||
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24 crore Gayatri Jap by virgins in the presence of Akhand Deep under the patronage of Vandaniya Mataji.Commencement of universal movement of women awakening. | ||
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1979 |
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Establishment of Brahmavarchas Research Institute. A well equipped laboratory to conduct experiments for coordination of science with spirituality. | |
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Establishment of 2400 Pragya Sansthans (Shakti-peeths), the public awakening centres. |
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Call to authentic intelligentsia of the status of doctors, engineers etc for imparting spiritual and moral training. Arrangements for their training to lead life of the level of an average Indian. | ||
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1981-1982 |
Extensive countrywide tours of Acharya Shri | ||
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1984 – 1990 |
Shukshmikarana Sadhana | ||
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1990 |
June 2 |
The Acharya, Great devotee of Gayatri lived an ideal life for 80 years and voluntarily shed his physical sheath on Gayatri Jayanti, 2nd June 1990. |
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