<Ul> <Li> 1931 : appointed a Knight Bachelor in , although he ceased to use the title `` Sir '' after India attained independence . </Li> <Li> 1938 : elected Fellow of the British Academy . </Li> <Li> 1954 : The Bharat Ratna , the highest civilian award in India . </Li> <Li> 1954 : German `` Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science '' </Li> <Li> 1961 : the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade . </Li> <Li> 1962 : Institution of Teacher 's Day in India , yearly celebrated at 5 September , Radhakrishnan 's birthday , in honour of Radhakrishnan 's belief that `` teachers should be the best minds in the country '' . </Li> <Li> 1963 : the British Order of Merit . </Li> <Li> 1968 : Sahitya Akademi fellowship , The highest honour conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer ( he is the first person to get this award ) </Li> <Li> 1975 : the Templeton Prize in 1975 , a few months before his death , for advocating non-aggression and conveying `` a universal reality of God that embraced love and wisdom for all people . '' He donated the entire amount of the Templeton Prize to Oxford University . </Li> <Li> 1989 : institution of the Radhakrishnan Scholarships by Oxford University in the memory of Radhakrishnan . The scholarships were later renamed the `` Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholarships '' . </Li> <Li> he was nominated fifteen times for the Nobel prize in literature , and eleven times for the Nobel Peace prize . </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> 1931 : appointed a Knight Bachelor in , although he ceased to use the title `` Sir '' after India attained independence . </Li> <Li> 1938 : elected Fellow of the British Academy . </Li> <Li> 1954 : The Bharat Ratna , the highest civilian award in India . </Li> <Li> 1954 : German `` Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science '' </Li> <Li> 1961 : the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade . </Li> <Li> 1962 : Institution of Teacher 's Day in India , yearly celebrated at 5 September , Radhakrishnan 's birthday , in honour of Radhakrishnan 's belief that `` teachers should be the best minds in the country '' . </Li> <Li> 1963 : the British Order of Merit . </Li> <Li> 1968 : Sahitya Akademi fellowship , The highest honour conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer ( he is the first person to get this award ) </Li> <Li> 1975 : the Templeton Prize in 1975 , a few months before his death , for advocating non-aggression and conveying `` a universal reality of God that embraced love and wisdom for all people . '' He donated the entire amount of the Templeton Prize to Oxford University . </Li> <Li> 1989 : institution of the Radhakrishnan Scholarships by Oxford University in the memory of Radhakrishnan . The scholarships were later renamed the `` Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholarships '' . </Li> <Li> he was nominated fifteen times for the Nobel prize in literature , and eleven times for the Nobel Peace prize . </Li> </Ul>
who 's birthday is celebrated as teacher 's day
who 's birthday is celebrated as teacher 's day
Radhakrishnan
Radhakrishnan