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  Why is National Education Day celebrated on November 11? History, theme and significance

  Education | November 11, 2025 10:34 IST

  National 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 | November 11, 2022 9:11 IST

  National 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 | November 12, 2021 6:52 IST

  Azad 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 | November 11, 2020 12:34 IST

  Today 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 | January 13, 2019 18:50 IST

  Co-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

  Politics | February 25, 2015 8:10 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | September 21, 2014 17:22 IST

  Rampur (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 | November 09, 2013 10:01 IST

  New 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 | January 21, 2013 13:44 IST

  Dhaka, 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

  Politics | July 15, 2012 12:24 IST

  New 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