Dates in the life of Swami Vivekananda

February 1897

Date	Day	Event	Place
1	Mon
2	Tue
3	Wed
4	Thu
5	Fri
6	Sat	Arrived in Madras. Reminiscences of K. Sundarama Iyer	Madras
7	Sun		Madras
8	Mon		Madras
9	Tue	Lecured at the Triplicane Literary Society (evening)	Madras
10	Wed	Visited the Social Reform Association	Madras
11	Thu		Madras
12	Fri	Letter: Swami Brahmananda	Madras
13	Sat	Delivered a lecture on "Vedanta in its application to Indian life" at the Pacheyappa's Hall.	Madras
14	Sun	Delivered his fourth and last lecture in Madras on the "Future of India".	Madras
15	Mon	Left Madras for Calcutta by steamer.	Madras
16	Tue	Letter: To the Hindu Students of Trichinapally
17	Wed
18	Thu
19	Fri	The steamer docked at Budge, and the Swami and his party arrived by train in Calcutta. The reception was magnificent, with an enthusiastic crowd at the railroad station, triumphal arches, the unharnessed carriage drawn by students, and a huge procession with music and religious songs. A princely residence on the bank of the Ganga was placed at the Swami's disposal.	Calcutta
20	Sat
21	Sun
22	Mon	Newspaper Report: "The Swami's return to Calcutta after his visit to the West..."
23	Tue
24	Wed
25	Thu	Letter: Mrs. Ole Bull
26	Fri
27	Sat	Newspaper Report: "Christian Patriot"
28	Sun	Calcutta. He was given a public reception. Raja Benoy Krishna Deb presided, and five thousand people attended the meeting. The Swami asked the people to go back to the philosophy of the Upanishads. Here he made his famous tribute to Ramakrishna, 'my teacher, my master, my hero, my ideal, my God in life.' 'If there has been anything achieved by me, by thoughts or words or deeds, if from my lips has ever fallen one word that has ever helped anyone in the world, I lay no claim to it; it was his. But if there have been curses falling from my lips, if there has been hatred coming out of me, it is all mine, and not his. All that has been weak has been mine; all that has been life-giving, strengthening, pure, and holy has been his inspiration, his words, and he himself. Yes, my friends, the world has yet to know that man.'
		Newspaper Reports: "With the Swami Vivekananda at Madura", "The Abroad and the Problems at Home," and "The Missionary Work of the First Hindu Sannyasin to the West and his Plan of Regeneration of India."

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