Remembering Dr Radhakrishnan on his birthday 5th september "Teachers Day"
The first vice president of India and the
second President of India, Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born in a
poor Brahmin family of South India on 5th September 1888. His
father earned very less income through zamindari and had to take care
of a big family. Though his father wanted him to become a priest and not
join school and learn English, Radhakirshnan was finally sent to school
of the local area itself.
Radhakrishnan was a brilliant student from the very start and most of
his studies were covered through scholarships. At the age of 17, he
joined the Madras Christian College and attained his bachelors and
masters in the field of philosophy. The 21-year-old Radhakrishnan, after
graduating with good marks from the Madras University, got selected as
an Assistant lecturer at the Madras presidency college and chose to work
there.
On a mere salary of just Rs.17 per month, Radhakrishnan faced hardships
in managing a house of around 8 people. With time, his hard work,
intelligence and wonderful and famous ways of teaching lessons paid him
back and he was chosen as the Vice Chancellor of Andhra University when he was around 40 years of age. After 3 years, he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
He actively participated in the protests when the Banaras Hindu
University was fighting against getting shut. He rapidly got renowned
amongst the British Bureaucrats as well the then Indian leaders.
The Bharat Ratna Awardee
(1954), held the position of the Vice President of India from May 1952
to May 1962. He was then made the President of India from May 1962 to
May 1967. At the age of 86, he peacefully died on 19 April 1975.
On the birth occasion of Dr. Radhakrishnan, that is the 5th
September, India celebrates its Teacher's Day where students across the
country participate in certain programs prepared exclusively for their
teachers. Students make their teachers feel special in the form of
flowers and hand made cards too.
My niece too wanted to gift her teacher something special and here's her gift for her favourite teacher, she had glow on her face that her gift is unique and special as its handmade :)
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"In school, we used to become the teachers and teach our juniors on
Teacher's Day. Miss my school :(
