Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958) was an Indian politician and Muslim theologian. He was reviver of Muslim thought in India. He was an educationist and social reformer who stood for a learning society through liberal, modern and universal education combining the humanism of Indian arts and the rationalism of western sciences, a society where the strong are just and the weak secure, where the youth is disciplined and the women lead a life of dignity - a non-violent, non-exploiting social and economic order. He was free India’s first Education Minister. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Birthday 11th November has been declared as National Education Day in India.Wisdom & Quotes
- There is no conviction in my heart which the thorns of doubt have failed to pierce: there is no faith in my soul which has not been subjected to all the conspiracies of disbelief.
Thomas Stearns Eliot