127th birth anniversary of Maulana Kalam Azad (11 November 1888, Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Saudi Arabia) - 22 February 1958, Delhi, India) --an Indian scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement. Following India's independence, he became the first [Minister of Education] in the Indian government. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.