Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Why is National Education Day celebrated on November 11? History, theme and significance
Education | Nov 11, 2025, 10:34 AM ISTNational Education Day 2025: In September 2008, the Indian government announced November 11 as the National Education Day to honour the contributions of Maulana Abul Kalam in the field of education and institution building.
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National Education Day: History, Theme, Significance, celebration, Quotes by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Lifestyle | Nov 11, 2022, 09:11 AM ISTNational Education Day: The Ministry of Human Resource Development sets a different theme for every year. This year's theme is "Changing Course, Transforming Education."
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Why is National Education Day celebrated on November 11?
Education | Nov 12, 2021, 06:52 AM ISTAzad strongly advocated for women's education. In the Central Assembly in 1949, he said that national education could not be appropriate if it does not give consideration for the advancement of one-half of the society – women
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National Education Day: Know the significance of the day
Lifestyle | Nov 11, 2020, 12:34 PM ISTToday is National Education Day which is celebrated in the honour of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's birth anniversary on every November 11th. Read on to know more about it
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Film on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad set to hit theatres on this date
Celebrities | Jan 13, 2019, 06:50 PM ISTCo-director Negi said "very few remember Azad as education minister had introduced science and technology as subject in our education system".
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Convert Jinnah House into Maulana Azad memorial : Congress
National | Feb 25, 2015, 08:10 AM ISTMumbai: The Mumbai unit of the Congress on Tuesday demanded setting up of a research centre and library dedicated to freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at the historic Jinnah House, the residence of Pakistan
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PM chose not to warn those spewing venom against Muslims: Azam
National | Sep 21, 2014, 05:22 PM ISTRampur (UP): Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan took a swipe at Narendra Modi over his statement praising Muslims, saying “while the Prime Minister acknowledged Muslims as patriots” he chose not to warn those “spewing venom”
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Govt to launch portal on Azad on Monday
India | Nov 09, 2013, 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi : A national portal to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, country's first Education Minister, will be launched on Monday, a government release said yesterday.The portal is a collaborative effort
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Bangladesh war tribunal gives death sentence in absentia to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
World | Jan 21, 2013, 01:44 PM ISTDhaka, Jan 21: A Bangladesh tribunal today sentenced an Islamic cleric formerly tied to a fundamentalist party to death on Monday for crimes against humanity for his actions during the country's 1971 independence war. The
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Making Nehru PM was a mistake, confessed Maulana Azad
National | Jul 15, 2012, 12:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 15: “Humaare se ye galti hui, Sardar Patel ko prime minister banana chahiye tha aur Pandit Nehru ko president ,” Maulana Abul Kalam Azad told veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar, a few years