- National Education Day is celebrated every year on 11 November across India.
- This day is celebrated every year since 2008 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister of independent India.
- He served as Education Minister from 15 August 1947 to 2 February 1958.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad founded the first Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kharagpur.
- Maulana Azad was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1992.
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