The birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the former President of India, is celebrated on 5 September as Teachers' Day all over the country. He had expressed a wish to his students to celebrate his birthday as Teacher's Day. Teachers' Day is celebrated on different dates in more than 100 countries of the world.

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The First Vice-President of the country, Dr. Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888 in the village of Tirumani, Tamil Nadu to a Brahmin couple. He was fond of reading books since childhood and was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan believed strongly in education. He was a great philosopher and teacher. He was very fond of studies and teaching. He had all the qualities of an ideal teacher.

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Let us tell you that Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became the second President of the country in 1962. Earlier, he was working as the first Vice President of the country. His friends and former students wanted to celebrate his birthday with great pomp on 5 September. When Dr. Radhakrishnan came to know about this, he said that do not celebrate my birthday, but respect the teachers. This is where Teachers' Day started and Teachers' Day has been celebrated in the honor of teachers for 58 years in the country.

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