- The 25th National Youth Festival was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 12 January 2022 in Puducherry.
- Being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, January 12 is celebrated as National Youth Day.
- According to the decision of the United Nations, the year 1984 was declared as the International Youth Year.
- This year we are celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurbindo, and this year also the 100th death anniversary of the great poet Subramanya Bharati.
source:Prime Minister’s Office