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Why indians celebrate teachers day?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Indians have great respect for teaches as they give us knowledge and show right path to get success in life. Earlier we used to call teachers as 'Gurus' which is now replaced by 'Sir' or 'Madam'. They are the guiding light in our life and are responsible for our overall development. So, in India, people celebrate 5th September as Teacher's day to give a tribute to all the teachers for their contribution. 5th September is the birth date of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan who was a great teacher, scholar, diplomat and president of India.

Dr. Radhakrishanan became the president of India in 1962. That time, some of his students came and requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday. But instead of giving permission to celebrate his birthday alone, Dr. Radhakrishnan said his students to celebrate 5th September as Teacher's day. It was his love towards teaching profession. Since then, Indians celebrate Teacher's day on 5th September every year.

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