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Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya (b. 1957) did his Master’s in Chemistry form I.I.T. Kanpur and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He studied Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature form 1975 and was initiated by the president of the Ramkrishna order in 1978. In 1993, his first book Swami Vivekananda in the West, was published in America; it has been reprinted in India (K.P. Bagchi) and Company, 1994). His second book, World’s Parliament of Religions, 1893, was published in 1995 (Minerva Associated)-removing the century old ignorance and myths propagated in India. He has also published in Mythmukta Vivekananda (1998) a summary of his findings in Bengali. In the present book he presents an accurate story of Vivekananda’s life in India, both before and after his Western mission. His scientific work at Bose Institute earned him a mention in the Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1996.