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    Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, scholar, and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was a distinguished teacher and philosopher who authored several books on philosophy and Eastern religions. He had an illustrious career as a teacher and held several prestigious academic positions. Radhakrishnan's birthday, September 5th, is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India in recognition of his contributions to education.

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    Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, scholar, and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was a distinguished teacher and philosopher who authored several books on philosophy and Eastern religions. He had an illustrious career as a teacher and held several prestigious academic positions. Radhakrishnan's birthday, September 5th, is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India in recognition of his contributions to education.

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    Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, scholar, and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was a distinguished teacher and philosopher who authored several books on philosophy and Eastern religions. He had an illustrious career as a teacher and held several prestigious academic positions. Radhakrishnan's birthday, September 5th, is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India in recognition of his contributions to education.

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    LIFE SKETCH :

    DR. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

    By:
    Red House
    Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    was not just a Teacher ,
    but also
    an accomplished Scholar,
    a distinguished Philosopher,
    a consummate Statesman,
    an effective Diplomat.
    EARLY LIFE
     He was born on 5 September 1888 in
    Thiruttani in erstwhile Madras Presidency .

     His early years were spent in Thiruttani


    and Tirupati .

     Primary education was at K V High School


    at Thiruttani

     In 1896 he moved to the Hermansburg


    Evangelical Lutheran Mission School
    in Tirupati and Government High
    Secondary School, Walajapet.

     Awarded scholarships throughout his


    academic life.
    He joined Voorhees
    College in Vellore but
    switched to the
    Madras Christian
    College at the age of
    17

    Voorhese College, Vellore

    He graduated in
    1906 with a
    Master’s degree in
    Philosophy, being
    one the most
    distinguished
    alumni.
    Madras Christian College

    Thesis for the M.A. degree was on "The Ethics of the Vedanta and
    its Metaphysical Presuppositions".
    CAREER
     Embarked academic career
    and joined Department of
    Philosophy at the Madras
    Presidency college in 1909.

     He mastered the classics of


    Hindu Philosophy namely the
    Madras Presidency college Upanishads ,Bhagvad Gita ,
    Ramunuja and Madhava.

     In 1918, Sarvepalli
    Radhakrishnan was selected
    as the professor of Philosophy
    at the University of Mysore.

    Farewell -University of Mysore, 1921


     In1921, he assumed King George V Chair of Mental and
    Moral Science at University of Calcutta.

     He represented Calcutta university at


     The Congress of the Universities of the British Empire
    in June 1926 .
     The International Congress of Philosophy at Harvard
    University in September 1926.

     In 1929 , he was invited to deliver the Hibbert Lecture on


    the ideals of life, at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
     Vice-Chancellor of Andhra
    University from 1931 to 1936.

     Named Spalding Professor of


    Eastern Religions and Ethics at the
    University of Oxford

     Elected a Fellow of All Souls


    College.

     1939, he became Vice-Chancellor of


    Banaras Hindu University.

    He was Knighted in the year 1931, and called as “Sir Sarvepalli


    Radhakrishnan.”

    Post-independence, he came to be known as Dr. Sarvepalli


    Radhakrishnan.
     He represented India at
    UNESCO from 1946 to 1952.
     He was also the Ambassador
    of India to the Soviet Union
    from 1949 to 1952.
     Elected as the first Vice-
    President of India in 1952,

     Succeeded to become the second


    President of India in 1962.
     Dr Radhakrishnan retired as
    president in 1967 and settled in
    Madras.
     He passed away on April 17, 1975.
    WRITINGS
     Renowned Author and penned
    books such as :
     ‘Indian Philosophy’ (two
    volumes, 1923–27),
     ‘The Philosophy of the
    Upanishads’ (1924),
     ‘An Idealist View of Life’ (1932), ‘
     Eastern Religions and Western
    Thought’ (1939), and
     ‘East and West: Some
    Reflections’ (1955).
    Dr. Radhakrishnan said,

    “Instead of celebrating my
    birthday separately, it would be
    my proud privilege if
    September 5 is observed as
    ‘Teachers’ Day’.

    It was in 1962, when Dr.


    Radhakrishnan became the
    President of India, that his
    birthday in came to be observed
    as 'Teachers' Day'.

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