Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?

(A) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(B) M.N. Das Gupta
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Rangnath Nanda

Correct Answer : Swami Vivekananda
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2004, MPPCS (Pre) 1996
Ramakrishna Mission was founded in the year 1897 in the name of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, by his illustrious disciple Swami Vivekananda (1863 -1902) with the twin ideals “For one’s liberation and the welfare of the world at large” with its Headquarters at Belur in Kolkata and Khatyari in Almora. It conducted various socio-religious activities through its branches spread all over the world in various fields such as education, health, the welfare of the poor, relief and rehabilitation, arts and culture, morality, ethics and spirituality irrespective of caste, creed and religion. It was the last famous religious movement of nineteenth century which aimed at the harmony of religions, harmony of the east and the west, harmony of the ancient and the modern, spiritual fulfillment, all-round development of human faculties, social equality and peace for all humanity without any distinctions of creed, caste, race or nationality.
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