Education, literacy are such words, as soon as they are mentioned, a flurry of positive and negative thoughts starts in the heart of the person. Even if it is not, today's modern education has been given a business form. Neither today's teacher has not been in front of the all-around development of the students' emotional values.
That is why most of today's young generation, the seeds of values like devotion to duty, responsibility, patriotism, patriotism, have just sprouted zero.
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ji is such a great man who with great attachment to religion, culture, used to call the whole world a school. Therefore, through his books and articles, he always made a commendable effort to introduce the entire public to the world periphery.
His effort was to try and learn something new every moment.
He was such a person who continued to receive scholarships from the education sector from his age. The ancestors of Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan were residents of Sarvepalli village in Tamil Nadu which was popularly known as a religious place, their ancestors wanted that the pronunciation of the names of their future generations should start with the name of their native village so that the utterance always awakens a sense of purity in the heart of the person.
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna was born in Tamil Nadu's village Tirutani in a poor Brahmin family, on 5 September 1888, as the second child of the father's six children. Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan's father's name was Sarvepalli Veeraswamy and his mother's name was Sitamma. Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan ji was a person of sharp intelligence since childhood.
Education:
Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan's early education was done smoothly in the village itself. Being a meritorious student, he was admitted to the Lutheran Mission School Tirupati, run by the Christian Missionary Society, where he stayed from 1896 to 1900.
In 1900, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan took education from Vellore College and passed the MA examination in Philosophy in 1906.
He began teaching philosophy at the Madras Presidency College in 1909. In the year 1916, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the same college itself.
In 1918, he was appointed Professor of Philosophy by the University of Mysore. Thereafter he became a teacher of Indian Philosophy at Oxford University in England.
The college from which he had passed his MA, also elected the vice-chancellor of the same college. But after one year, he left the said service and took over the post of Vice-Chancellor in Banaras University.
After independence, when Jawaharlal Nehru urged Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, That he should dedicate his service to the country as a special ambassador, to fulfill the diplomatic tasks with the Soviet Union. So, accepting the above work eagerly, he gave the highest place to the service of the country. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan played an important role in the Constituent Assembly from 1947 to 1949. In 1954, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honor, for his outstanding contribution in the field of education and politics.
Political Career:
He started his political career after a successful academic career. He served the country as the Vice President from 13 May 1952 to 13 May 1962. Every member of Parliament was greatly influenced by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's behavior and his style of working. Therefore, in May 1962, he was unanimously elected as the President of the country.
Face Challenges: His presidential tenure proved to be quite challenging as compared to Dr. Rajendra Prasad ji. Because during that time India had to face wars between Pakistan and China. Where the country had to face defeat in front of China. Along with this, two Prime Ministers of the country also died during this period.
In 1962, the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (September 5) was unanimously decided to be celebrated annually as Teachers' Day. At the same time, he was made a member of the British Academy, and Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was awarded the Order of Merit by the Government of England. Addressing the country on Republic Day in 1967, Dr. Radha Krishna ji said, "Today I am giving my last speech, perhaps this will be my last speech as President.
Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan Mahapurush died on 17 April 1975 due to a long illness which was an irreparable loss to the country. He always came alive in the hearts of the people of the country, in the form of memories, as a personality. In 1975, he was posthumously awarded the Templeton Prize by the US government. which is provided in the field of religion. He was probably the first great man to receive this award, who was a non-Christian. Whereas the said award was given to all Christian persons only.
21 Amazing Motivational Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Quotes that always give us Goose Bumps when we heard these.
Check out the list of quotes from Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
1. Human life as we have it is only the raw material for Human life as it might be.
2. A life of joy and happiness is possible only on the basis of knowledge and science.
3. A literary genius, it is said, resembles all, though no one resembles him.
4. Religion is behavior and not mere belief.
5. God is the Soul of all souls -The Supreme Soul - The Supreme Consciousness.
6. The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bas as he imagines.
7. To look upon life as an evil and treat the world as delusion is sheer ingratitude.
8. It takes centuries to make a little history; it takes centuries of history to make a tradition.
9. Discontent with the actual is the necessary precondition of every moral change and spiritual rebirth.
10. Discontent with the actual is the necessary precondition of every moral change and spiritual rebirth.
11. The fruit of knowledge, the fruit of vidyā is anubhava.
12. Reading a book gives us the habit of solitary reflection and enjoyment.
13. It is said that a man without religion is like a horse without bridle.
14. A life of joy and happiness is possible only on the basis of knowledge and science.
15. Religion is behavior and not mere belief.
16. True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.
17. God lives, feels, and suffers in every one of us, and in course of time, His attributes, knowledge, beauty and love will be revealed in each of us.
18. The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.
19. Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures.
20. When we think we know we cease to learn.
21. Knowledge gives us power, love gives us the fullness.
