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National Education Day 2024 - November 11
November 14 , 2024
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- This day honours the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India.
- He was born Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin on November 11th 1888 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
- After independence, Azad was appointed as the education minister and he held the post for a decade until 1958.
- He is credited with setting up the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Sahitya Academy, Lalit Kala Academy, Sangeet Natak Academy, and CSIR.
- He played a pivotal role in the establishment of several renowned educational institutes, including IIT Kharagpur in 1951, the UGC in 1953.
- He was posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country, in 1992.
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