🎉 Teachers' Day in India
Where: New Delhi, India
Nearby on the globe: Rashtrapati Bhavan → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: September 5
September 5: Teachers' Day in India. 5 September is Teachers' Day in India. It has been held since 1962 on the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (born 1888), a scholar and teacher. In some schools, older students take over the teaching for the day to thank their teachers.
✨ More events on this day
- 1651 🧭 Explorer William Dampier was born in 1651; he explored parts of Australia and became the first person to sail around the world three times.
- 1977 🚀 NASA launched Voyager 1 in 1977; after visiting Jupiter and Saturn it kept going, and today it is the farthest human-made object from Earth.
- 1980 🏛️ The Gotthard Road Tunnel opened under the Swiss Alps in 1980; at almost 17 kilometres long, it was then the longest road tunnel in the world.
🧠 Question of the day
Who teaches in some schools on this day?
- A robot
- Older students
- The principal's dog
Show the answer
Answer: Older students
Questions
What happened on September 5?
September 5: Teachers' Day in India. It happened in New Delhi, India.
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