family came to India to live in Calcutta, from here he mastered

student, the precocious man was running a library and a

reading room at the mere age of twelve, at the age of fourteen
he was seen teaching The passionate
educationist

The word "maulana" refers to a learned man, and it was no

wrong when this name was given to Abul Kalam Azad, the first
education to our free India. A man several languages. As an avid
and determined variou who was greatly qualified to his subjects
and a passionate.

Azafreedom fighter, his contribution to the aim of

establishing proper education in India was greatly recognized,
the thing which has made his birthday to be celebrated as the
"national education day" across Indiad was born on November
11th 1888, in Mecca,Saudi Arabia. In 1890 his s philosophies to
students almost twice his age, it takes no great person to make
out what a gem this man was. After growing up he became a
journalist and wrote freely and boldly against the tyrant British
in his Urdu weekly, his writing was mainly directed towards the
youth and succeeded in making them join the freedom struggle,
by a few years he became a complete nationalist and the
government terrified arrested him on mere charges. In the
midst of all this Azad was still considered as one of the most
influential writers of India and was highly praised for his literary
works. After considerable struggles the independence was won
and azad decided not to move into Pakistan but to stay in India.
From here he was rightfully chosen as the first education
minister of free India, his belief in the absolute Hindu-Muslim
unity earned him the respect of millions.
Gandihji remarked him as the "emperor of
learning and his name resides on numerous educational body's
and institutions in India. He breathed his last on 2nd February
1958. However he is and must be remembered by one and all
on the "national education day"