Teacher's Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, first Vice-Presiden of India.
Teacher's Day in India is celebrated every year on September 5 to mark the birth anniversary of the first Vice-President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Radhakrishnan was India's second President and was appointed after his predecessor Rajendra Prasad finished his term. Before joining politics, he was was a teacher and taught Philosophy in some renowned colleges of the country.
The story of his birthday being celebrated Teachers' Day is an interesting one. After he took over as the second President of independent India in 1962, his former students suggested that his birthday be celebrated as 'Radhakrishnan Day' to celebrate his esteemed position. He declined but suggested that instead of celebrating his birthday, it would be his proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers' Day in the country.
Since then, his birthday has been celebrated as the Teachers' Day.
Here are 10 facts about Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
1. Radhakrishnan was born in 1882 in a town called Tirutani in Andhra Pradesh.
2. In April 1909, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was appointed to the Department of Philosophy at the Madras Presidency College.
3. In 1918, he was selected as Professor of Philosophy by the University of Mysore, where he taught at its Maharaja's College, Mysore.
4. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
5. He was appointed as a Knight Bachelor in 1931 and elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 1938.
6. Radhakrishnan, a philosopher and statesman, served as the first Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962.
7. He was also the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He donated major part of his salary as a President to the PM's national relief fund every month.
8. His academic career earned him poignant accolades like the Bharat Ratna Award in 1954.
9. Before Dr Krishnan became the President of India, Bertrand Russell, a famous British philosopher and mathematician once said, “It is an honour to philosophy that Dr. Radhakrishnan should be President of India and I, as a philosopher, take special pleasure in this”.
10. Radhakrishnan, who passed away on April 17, 1975, remained a teacher throughout his life.
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