Kalikrishna Bose (Swami Virajananda) was an activist in the Hindu reform movement. Born as the son of Trailokyanath Bose and Nishadkalidevi on 10 June 1873, Virajananda was the first person to join the Ramakrishna Order after the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. In 1897, he was initiated into Sanyasa by Swami Vivekananda.
Along with Swami Swarupananda, Virajananda played a great role in popularising the monthly magazine of the order, Prabuddha Bharata. He was also responsible for successful completion of compilation and publishing of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. He then edited and published the biography of Swami Vivekananda in 1906 under the title The Life of Swami Vivekananda by his Eastern and Western Disciples. He was appointed the president of the Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati in 1913. In 1924 he became the General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order. Then in 1938, he became the 6th President of the Ramakrishna Mission.
He was the main source of inspiration behind the founding of two educational institutes of Ramakrishna Mission viz., Vidyamandir and Sarada Pith.
He breathed his last on 30 May 1951.
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A 4-minute historic recording from the archives of Vedanta Society of Southern California, of his voice in January, 1950, reading from Swami Vivekananda can be heard here