HISTORY

India celebrates Teachers' Day on September

5 every year to mark the birth anniversary of
Dr. Sarvopalli Radhakrisnan, the first Vice-
President and second President of
independent India (from 1962-67). Bharat
Ratna award recipient was born on
September 5, 1888, in Andhra Pradesh.

The tradition of celebrating his birthday as

the Indian Teachers' Day started when one
day in 1962, some of his students went to Dr.
Radhakrishna wanting to celebrate his
birthday. He asked them to observe this day
(September 5) as a mark to pay homage to all
the great teachers of India and Bangladesh
and remember their contribution.
 INFORMATION
As an academic, philosopher, and statesman, Sarvopalli
Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was one of the most recognized
and influential Indian thinkers in academic circles in the 20th
century. Throughout his life and extensive writing career,
Radhakrishnan sought to define, defend, and promulgate his
religion, a religion he variously identified as Hinduism,
Vedanta, and the religion of the Spirit. He sought to
demonstrate that his Hinduism was both philosophically
coherent and ethically viable. Radhakrishnan’s concern for
experience and his extensive knowledge of the Western
philosophical and literary traditions has earned him the
reputation of being a bridge-builder between India and the
West. He often appears to feel at home in the Indian as well
as the Western philosophical contexts, and draws from both
Western and Indian sources throughout his writing. Because
of this, Radhakrishnan has been held up in academic circles
as a representative of Hinduism to the West. His lengthy
writing career and his many published works have been
influential in shaping the West’s understanding of Hinduism,
India, and the East.
IMPORTANCE

Teacher’s day is observed to

commemorate the birthday of Dr.
Sarvopalli Radhakrisnan.

Students express their gratitude and

appreciation for their teacher’s
contributions to their education and
personal development.

We celebrate the birth bay of a Indian

teacher on teacher’s day.

Dr. Sarvopalli Radhakrisnan himself was

a teacher and tought in many schools of
India.
 ACTIVITIES

Gifts and cards Decoration

Students can make Students can decorate
cards and gifts to give their school and
to their teachers classes.

Food picnic Speech and

Students can perform Students can make
a picnic party among speech and poems
them and the and resite them .
teachers
Song and Dance
Students perform a
small programme of
song and dance
 WORDS LAST FOREVER WORDS BY DR. SARVEPALLI
RADHA KRISHNAN

BOOKS ARE MEANS BY

WHICH WE BUILD BRIDGES
BETWEEN KNOWLADGE AND
HUMANS.

TRUE TEACHERS ARE THOSE

WHO HWLP US THINK FOR
OURSELVES.

A LIFE OF JOY AND

HAPPYNESS IS POSSIBLE ONLY
ON THE BASIS OF
KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE.
DR. SARVEPALLI RADHA
KRISHNAN
A POEM BY THE STUDENTS
 Presented by Debdoot Dakua
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