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Every year since 2008, November 11 is celebrated as the National Education Day
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To mark birth anniversary of India's first Education Minister Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin
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Foundly known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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He served as the education minister of independent India from 1947 to 1958
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He was posthumously honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1992