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==Awards and honours== [[File:S. Radhakrishnan receiving the Bharat Ratna award from President Dr. Prasad.jpg|thumb|S. Radhakrishnan receiving the [[Bharat Ratna]] award from President [[Rajendra Prasad]]]] ===National honours=== *{{flag|India}}: **[[File:Bharat Ratna Ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Bharat Ratna]] (1954) *{{flag|British India}}: **[[File:Knight Bachelor Ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Knight Bachelor]] (1931)<ref group=web name="london-gazette1"/><ref name="books.google.co.in">{{cite book |last=Kuttan |first=Mahadevan |date=2009 |title=The Great Philosophers of India |publisher=Authorhouse 1663 Liberty Drive Suite 200 Bloomington, IN 47403 |isbn=9781434377807 |page=169}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Ceased to use the pre-nominal of ''Sir'' in 1947, following the [[Independence Day (India)|independence of India]]}} ===Foreign honours=== *{{flag|Mexico}}: **[[File:MEX Order of the Aztec Eagle 1Class BAR.png|50px]] [[Order of the Aztec Eagle]], ''Collar'' (1954)<ref>{{cite book |date=1954 |title=Memoria de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Government of Mexico|page=509}}</ref> *{{flag|West Germany}}: **[[File:D-PRU Pour le Merite 1 BAR.svg|50px]] [[Pour le Mérite]], ''For Sciences and Arts'' (1954)<ref group=web name="pourlemerite">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pourlemerite.org/peace/peace.php|title=Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science, ''List of Members from 1842 to 1998''|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716232443/http://www.pourlemerite.org/peace/peace.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> *{{flag|United Kingdom}}: **[[File:Galó de l'Orde del Mèrit (UK).svg|50px]] [[Order of Merit]], ''Honorary Member'' (1963) ===Other awards=== * A portrait of Radhakrishnan adorns the Chamber of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/PhotoGal/PhotoGalleryPicture.aspx?GalID=4&CatDesc=Rajya%20Sabha%20Chamber%20and%20its%20Inner%20Lobby|title=Photo Gallery : Lok Sabha|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418212132/http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/PhotoGal/PhotoGalleryPicture.aspx?GalID=4&CatDesc=Rajya%20Sabha%20Chamber%20and%20its%20Inner%20Lobby|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/picture_gallery/dr_radhakrhishnan_1.asp|title=Rajya Sabha|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418165721/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/picture_gallery/dr_radhakrhishnan_1.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1938: elected Fellow of the [[British Academy]]. * 1947: election as Permanent Member of the [[Institut International de Philosophie]]. * 1959: [[Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt]]. * 1961: the [[Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels|Peace Prize of the German Book Trade]]. * 1962: Institution of [[Teachers' Day (India)|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".<ref group=web name=BharatRatna/> * 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."<ref group=web name="Templeton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.templetonprize.org/laureates/|title=Templeton Prize I Laureates|website=Templeton Prize}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name="Templeton-quote"|"Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was President of India from 1962 to 1967. An Oxford Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, he consistently advocated non-aggression in India's conflicts with neighbouring Pakistan. His accessible writings underscored his country's religious heritage and sought to convey a universal reality of God that embraced love and wisdom for all people."<ref group=web name="Templeton" />}} 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".<ref>{{cite book |last=Kuttan |first=Mahadevan |date=2009 |title=The Great Philosophers of India |publisher=Authorhouse 1663 Liberty Drive Suite 200 Bloomington, IN 47403 |isbn=9781434377807 |page=174}}</ref> * He was nominated sixteen times for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], and eleven times for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/redirector/?redir=archive/show.php&id=17169 Nomination Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903122137/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/redirector/?redir=archive/show.php&id=17169 |date=3 September 2018 }}. nobelprize.org</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=7525|title=Nomination Database|website=www.nobelprize.org|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808040326/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=7525|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Commemorative stamps''' released by [[India Post]] (by year) - <gallery> File:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1967 stamp of India.jpg|1967 File:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1989 stamp of India.jpg|1989 </gallery>
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