1931: appointed a Knight Bachelor in, although he ceased to use the title "Sir '' after India attained independence. 1938: elected Fellow of the British Academy. 1954: The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. 1954: German "Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science '' 1961: the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. 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 ''. 1963: the British Order of Merit. 1968: Sahitya Akademi fellowship, The highest honour conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer (he is the first person to get this award) 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. 1989: institution of the Radhakrishnan Scholarships by Oxford University in the memory of Radhakrishnan. The scholarships were later renamed the "Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholarships ''. he was nominated fifteen times for the Nobel prize in literature, and eleven times for the Nobel Peace prize.
who's birthday is celebrated as teacher's day
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