Remembering Abul Kalam Azad: 11 facts about India's first education minister

Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress at the age of 35. Scroll down to read some interesting facts about the India's first education minister.

"Iam part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality" - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Freedom fighter and India's first education minister, Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad, was born on November 11, 1888. On his 128th birth anniversary, here are some interesting facts about the Indian scholar, freedom fighter, poet, journalist and enigmatic educator: Azad's real name was Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin who eventually became known as Maulana Azad He had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name Azad started composing poetry in Urdu language at a very young age. He also wrote treatises on religion and philosophy He rose to prominence through his work as a journalist, publishing works critical of the British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress at the age of 35 in 1923 Azad became the leader of the 'Khilafat Movement' (1919-26), during which, he came into close contact with the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi During this period, Azad became an enthusiastic supporter of Gandhi's ideas of non-violent civil disobedience and worked to organise the non-cooperation movement in protest of the 1919 Rowlatt Acts Azad became the most prominent Muslim leader to oppose the creation of Pakistan He became the first Minister of Education in independent India His birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Education Day in India In 1992, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. Source:https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/abul-kalam-azad-351441-2016-11-11