Question

At the Parliament of World Religions in _____ (1893), Swami Vivekananda spoke about Hindu religion at length.
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Washington DC
4. Los Angeles

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Chicago

The correct answer is Chicago.

• At the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago (1893), Swami Vivekananda spoke about the Hindu religion at length.
• The 1893 World's Parliament of Religions took place at the Permanent Memorial Art Palace, now known as the Art Institute of Chicago.
• The famous speech made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’.
• Swami Vivekananda's speech at the World Religion Conference in Chicago is still considered as the most effective speech given by any Indian.

• Narendranath Dutta (known as Vivekananda) was the chief disciple of the 19th-century mystic Ramakrishna and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission.
• His birthday, January 12, is celebrated as the National Youth Day in India.
• The Ramakrishna Mission was founded near Calcutta (now Kolkata) by Vivekananda in 1897 with the following purpose:
  • ​To spread the teachings of Vedanta as embodied in the life of the Hindu saint Ramakrishna.
  • To improve the social conditions of the Indian people.