Vivekananda was born on 12th January, 1863 in Calcutta (Kolkata). His name was Narendranath. His father Shri Vishwanath Dutt was a renowned lawyer in Calcutta High Court. His mother Smt. Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a pious woman, a worshipper of Lord Shiva.Narendranath was extremely intelligent and quite naughty as a child. He played his pranks on friends and given a chance, he didn’t spare even his teachers.