Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: First Education Minister of India

Introduction – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, popularly known as Maulana Azad, was an Indian Independence activist or freedom fighter, Islamic theologian, writer, and senior leader of an Indian National Congress. After Independence, Maulana Azad became the first education minister between August 15, 1947, and February 2, 1958, under the government of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru….