Question: National Education day is observed to commemorate which eminent personality?
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) B R ambedkar
(d) Radhakrinan
Answer: (a)
- National Education Day is celebrated every year on 11 November in memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
- Various campaigns and programs are organized on this day to spread awareness about education so that people can become aware of and attracted to education.
- Maulana Abul Kalam was born on November 11, 1888.
- On this day, various programs and campaigns are organized to spread awareness about education and make every person literate.
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had decided on September 11, 2008, to celebrate November 11 as National Education Day every year.
About Maulana Abul kalam Azad:
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the first Education Minister of India and established the University Grants Commission (UGC) after India’s independence.
- Maulana Azad was the youngest, at the age of 35, president of the Indian National Congress. Azad used to write poems in Urdu.
- He was popularly known as a warrior with a pen. He established higher educational institutions and worked for free education in the country.
Links:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/national-education-day-2019-remembering-indias-first-education-minister-maulana-abul-kalam-azad/articleshow/71999503.cms
https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/national-education-day-2019-some-famous-quotes-by-maulana-abul-kalam-azad-1617799-2019-11-11