Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: India's first education minister who never attended school
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first Education Minister, never went to school.
- He was taught at home by his father, who was a respected Islamic scholar, instead of attending a formal school.
- Azad studied Arabic, Persian, mathematics, philosophy and theology at home and became a self-taught scholar.
- Despite never attending school, he later helped shape India’s education system, backing institutions such as IITs and the UGC.
Source: indiatoday.in
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