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Teachers' Day and Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: Remembering scholar, teacher and former president
The first Teachers' Day celebration in India dates back to 1962 when Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan started serving as the President of India.
New Delhi, Sep 05: Teachers' Day is celebrated on September 5 every year in India. The Day is celebrated to commemorate and express gratitude towards the role that teachers play in shaping society. Teachers play a very important role, as they lay the foundation of a civilised and progressive society.
Why is Teachers' Day celebrated on Sep 5 in India?
Teachers' Day is a special day intended to recognise and appreciate teachers. Globally, the World Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th October, but in India, the Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th September which is the birthday of former president Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Apart from being the President, Radhakrishnan was a well-known diplomat, scholar and above all, a teacher.
The first Teachers' Day celebration in India dates back to 1962 when Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan started serving as the president of India.
When some of his students and friends approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, he said, "Instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege, if 5th September is observed as Teachers' day". From then onwards, the 5th of September is being observed as Teachers Day, in India.
Dr Radhakrishnan achievements and biography:
Dr Radhakrishnan was awarded several high awards during his life, including a knighthood in 1931, the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India, in 1954, and honorary membership of the British Royal Order of Merit in 1963. Not only this, he was nominated eleven times for the Nobel Peace Prize throughout his lifetime.
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"He has served his country in many capacities. But above all, he is a great teacher from whom all of us have learnt much and will continue to learn. It is India's peculiar privilege to have a great philosopher, a great educationist and a great humanist as her President. That in itself shows the kind of men we honour and respect," India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said about Dr Radhakrishnan.
Born
in
1882
into
a
Telugu
family
in
a
town
called
Tiruttani
in
Andhra
Pradesh,
Dr
Radhakrishnan's
father
wanted
him
to
take
on
the
role
of
a
priest.
But
destiny
had
other
plans.
His
hard
work
got
him
to
join
schools
in
Tirupati
and
Vellore
and
he
eventually
went
on
to
join
Christian
College,
Madras
to
study
philosophy.
Dr.Radhakrishnan
did
his
Masters
in
Philosophy
from
the
University
of
Madras,
after
which
he
went
on
to
teach
in
University
of
Mysore
and
University
of
Calcutta.
He was an evocative teacher, exceedingly popular among his students right from his early days as a professor at Presidency College, Madras. He was offered the professorship at Calcutta University when he was less than 30 years old. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. In 1939, he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
On Teacher's Day, students across the nation honour the teachers and gurus in their lives. Often, special programmes are held in schools and colleges honouring educators. Many others offer their teachers greeting cards and hand-made presents.
