Teachers Day 2025 Facts: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary is also celebrated on 5 September, Teachers’ Day is also celebrated every year. On this special occasion, know the contribution of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and interesting facts, his books, achievements.
Dr sarvePalli radhakrishnan facts: Teachers’ Day is celebrated with great enthusiasm on 5 September every year in India in honor of teachers. This day is not only a chance to say thanks to the teachers, but it is also the birth anniversary of our great thinker, philosopher and second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He became the first Vice President and then the second President of the country. Along with being a great teacher and scholar, his personality was so inspiring that students looked at him with great respect. The story behind celebrating Teachers’ Day is something like that when his students and close people wanted to celebrate his birthday, he said, if you want to honor me, then celebrate this day as Teacher’s Day. Since then, i.e. from 1962, on 5 September, the whole country was celebrated as Teachers’ Day.
Interesting facts related to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Dr. Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888 in a normal middle class family in Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu.
- He was a smart student since childhood and studied Philosophy from Christian College, Madras.
- He taught in many big universities in which- to Mysore University, Calcutta University, Andhra University, Delhi University and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
- He was the first Indian to get a chance to become a professor at Oxford University. Here he taught Eastern Religion and Ethics (till 1936–1952).
- In 1930, he was called to lectures on Comprehensive Region at the University of Chicago.
- In 1948, he led the Indian delegation in UNESCO and also became the chairman of its executive board.
- In 1952 he became the first Vice President of India and the second President in 1962.
- In 1954, he received India’s highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna.
- He was nominated for the Nobel Prize 27 times- out of which 16 times for literature and 11 times for peace.
- His famous books include Indian Philosophy (1923–27), The Philosophy of the Upanishads (1924), N Idealist View of Life (1932), Eastern Religirs and Western Thoughts (1939) and East and West: Sam reflexes (1955).
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