New Delhi: India observes National Education Day every year on November 11 to celebrate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad , the nation’s first Minister of Education and a visionary who shaped the foundation of independent India’s learning system. Born in 1888 , Maulana Azad was a freedom fighter, scholar, and reformer whose ideas continue to guide India’s educational journey. Serving as the Education Minister from August 15, 1947, to February 2, 1958 , he la