National Education Day 2023: 5 Lesser Known Facts About Maulana Azad

Here are some lesser known facts about Independent India's first Education Minister

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Fact 1 - Maulana Azad could fluently speak in Arabic, Bengali, Hindustani, Persian, and English

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Fact 2 - Even before turning 12, he used to run a library, a reading room, and a debating society.

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Fact 3 - He was an editor of a weekly Al-Misbah in 1900 at the age of 12.

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Fact 4 - Maulana Azad was awarded with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1992.

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Fact 5 - Maulana Azad established the 1st Indian Institute of Technology i.e. IIT Kharagpur.

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