Biography of Narendranath Datta
| Nick Name | Narendra or Naren |
| Real Name | Narendranath Datta |
| Famous as | chief disciple of the 19th-century mystic Ramakrishna and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. |
Personal Life | |
| Height | 1.75 m |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Birthplace | 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| School | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s Metropolitan Institution (1871) |
| Family | Father– Vishwanath Datta (Attorney at the Calcutta High Court) (1835-1884) Mother– Bhubaneswari Devi (Housewife) (1841-1913) Brothers– Bhupendranath Datta (1880-1961), Mahendranath Datta Sister– Swarnamoyee Devi (died on 16 February 1932) |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Zodiac | Capricorn |
Girls, Affairs and more | |
Vivekananda, original name Narendranath Datta, Datta also spelled Dutt, (born January 12, 1863, Calcutta [now Kolkata]—died July 4, 1902, near Calcutta), Hindu spiritual leader and reformer in India who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with Western material progress, maintaining that the two supplemented and complemented one another. His Absolute was a person’s own higher self; to labour for the benefit of humanity was the noblest endeavour.
Born into an upper-middle-class family of the Kayastha (scribes) caste in Bengal, he was educated at a Western-style university where he was exposed to Western philosophy, Christianity, and science. Social reform became a prominent element of Vivekananda’s thought, and he joined the Brahmo Samaj (Society of Brahma), dedicated to eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and determined to spread education among women and the lower castes. He later became the most-notable disciple of Ramakrishna, who demonstrated the essential unity of all religions.
