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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the second president of India. He was a true statesman and a philosopher. He also served as the first vice-president of the newly independent India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. His birthday, 5 September is celebrated as "Teachers' Day" every year in India. Radhakrishnan was considered one of India's best and most influential twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy.  Early Life and Education Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September in 1888 at Thiruttani, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India). His father was Sarvepalli Veeraswami and his mother was Sitamma. He belonged to a Brahmin (Niyogi) Telegu speaking family. Radhakrishnan's father was a subordinate revenue official in the service of a local landlord. His family was from Sarvepalli village in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.  Radhakrishnan's early years were spent in Thirutta...

Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first president of independent India was an independence activist, lawyer and a delight scholar. He belonged to the Indian National Congress party and was a prominent leader then in the region of Bihar and Maharashtra. He was highly motivated by the philosophy of the great Mahatma Gandhi. Prasad was the only president of India who served two full terms. Early Life and Education Rajendra Prasad was born on 3 December 1884 at Ziradei in the district of Siwan in Bihar. He belonged to a landowning Kayastha family. His father was Mahadev Sahai Srivastava and his mother was Kamleshwari Devi. Mahadev was a scholar in different languages like Sanskrit and Persi along with local Indian languages. Prasad was the youngest child of his parents. Unfortunately, he lost his mother when he was a child. Rajendra Prasad got his elementary education from his family. Then he was sent to the Chapra District School. After that, he and his elder brother went to the T.K. Ghosh's Ac...