Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on September 5,
1888, in a middle class family in the pilgrim town of Tirutani (now in tamilnadu,India).
One of India's most influential scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, Radhakrishnan is thought of as having built a bridge between the East and the West by showing that the philosophical systems of each tradition are comprehensible within the terms of the other. He wrote authoritative exegeses of India's religious and philosophical literature for the English speaking world. His academic appointments included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921–1931) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at Oxford University (1936–1952).
It was in 1962 when Dr. Radhakrishnan became the President of India that his
birthday in September came to be observed as 'Teachers' Day'. It was a tribute
to Dr.Radhakrishnan's close association with the cause of teachers. Whatever
position he held whether as President or Vice President or even as Ambassador,
Dr.Radhakrishnan essentially remained a teacher all his life. The teaching
profession was his first love and those who studied under him still remember
with gratitude his great qualities as a teacher.
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