Every year, November 11 is celebrated as National education day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of independent India’s first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. In 2008, the ministry of human resource development decided to celebrate Azad’s birthday as National Education Day. Several political leaders paid tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his birth anniversary.
Educational institutions across India mark the event with seminars, essay-writing, workshops etc to highlight the importance of education.
However, Maulana abul Kalam Azad had not only been India’s first education minister but also played an important role in the country’s freedom struggle.
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“Tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his Jayanti. A pathbreaking thinker and intellectual, his role in the freedom struggle is inspiring. He was passionate about the education sector and worked to further brotherhood in society,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.
Sources: Hindustan Times.
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