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With India celebrating the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda as the NationalYouth Dayon 12 January since 1984, series of academic, cultural and sporting functions marked there calling of the contribution of the great son of soil who is credited with the spread of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western countries. Educational institutions across the nation organized  debates, discussions, speeches, seminars, musical events, competitions, etc to in still the values and ideals of Swami Vivekananda among Generation Next. However, New Delhi-based premier Jawaharlal Nehru University, the bastion of the Left ideology, went way ahead and hosted a week-long event to commemorate the special occasion. It followed the virtual inauguration of the statue of the youth icon by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently in the sprawling central university in the heart of the capital. Many other events like the hosting of pujas, convocation ceremonies, naming of internal streets etc ...