Techer's Day is organised on the birth anniversary of which leader of India?

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5th September is the birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. In India, every year this day is celebrated as Teacher’s Day

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5th September 1888 in Thiruttani, Madras Presidency (now Chennai), British India. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the 1st Vice President of India and the 2nd President of India. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was in office from 26th January 1952 to 12th May 1962 as the 1st Vice President of India. He was succeeded by Zakir Hussain. During this period Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan succeeded Rajendra Prasad as the President of India. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was in office from 14th May 1962 to 13th May 1967 as the 2nd President of India. During this tenure, there were several Prime Ministers of India. The Prime Ministers were Jawaharlal Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda (acting Prime Minister twice), Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi. Later Zakir Hussain succeeded Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and became the 3rd President of India

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a philosopher and a professor by profession. Born to Sarvepalli Veeraswami (father) and Sarvepalli Sita known as Sitamma (mother), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan received his primary education at K.V. High School at Thiruttani. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan also studied at the Hermansburg Evangelical Lutheran Mission School in Tirupati and also at the Government Higher Secondary School at Walajapet. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan received a master’s degree in philosophy in 1906 from Madras Christian College. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was one of the most distinguished scholars of the twentieth century. He was the professor of philosophy at the University of Mysore from 1918 to 1921. He was a professor of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952. After becoming the President of the country, the students of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan proposed to celebrate his birthday but Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan insisted on celebrating his birthday as Teachers Day. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan passed away on 17th April 1975 at the age of 86 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.

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