Contribution in Freedom Struggle of India
'Swami Vivekananda portrayed Indian civilization in proper light which filled Indians with confidence and united them. It created a sense of mission in the Indian people. This fueled the nascent freedom movement in India and gave it an ideological foundation. The most important leaders of the freedom movement including Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Subhas Chandra Bose and Aurobindo were shaped by Swami Vivekananda's ideas.
“I have gone through his works very thoroughly, and after having gone through them, the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold.” Mahatma Gandhi
"Our countrymen have gained unprecedented self-respect, self-reliance and self-assertion from his teachings.... Vivekananda is the maker of modern India. He had for the time being consecrated his whole life to the moral and spiritual uplift of his nation and of humanity” Subhas Chandra Bose .'
“I have gone through his works very thoroughly, and after having gone through them, the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold.” Mahatma Gandhi
"Our countrymen have gained unprecedented self-respect, self-reliance and self-assertion from his teachings.... Vivekananda is the maker of modern India. He had for the time being consecrated his whole life to the moral and spiritual uplift of his nation and of humanity” Subhas Chandra Bose .'