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1863
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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 |