‘AZAD REMEMBERED’

KANJIKODE:

                   Freedom fighter Maulana Abu’l Kalam Azad was remembered on his 120^th birth anniversary in Kendriya vidyalaya Kanjikode.

                   On the contributions of Azad, at a programme organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in connection with the First National Education day celebrations as per the order of the Ministry of Human Resources Development,  Govt of India, the President of the South India chapter of OISCA International Prof. Dr. Parvathy Warrior made the key note address.

 

                   Dr. Parvathy who is the state president of the Mathrubhoomi vedi, said Abu’l Kalam was a great scholar who played a key role during a crucial period in the country’s freedom struggle- from 1940 to 1946. He was the first Minister of education of free India and a stalwart in the great freedom movement of India. Azad  was very popular as a  writer, fighter, editor, journalist, and religious scholar. His original name was Abu’l Kalam Mohiyuddin Ahmed and was born in Mecca on 11 November 1888. Azad which means freedom was his pen name. he started writing articles at the age of 15.  The meeting with Mahatmaji in January 1920 became a turning point in his life and he became active in the khilafat And Non cooperation movement. He was arrested on many occasions by the British Police. Azad was national Muslim leader who always advocated for the Hindu- Muslim unity and became the President of the Indian National Congress at an age of only 35.

                   It was Kalam who established The University Education Commission in 1948 and later The Secondary Education Commission  for the all-round development of education in free India. The nation honored this great son with the highest civilian award Bharath Ratna posthumously in 1992.