On 27th December, 1894, at the Mohammedan Educational Conference, a twenty-five year old lawyer who had returned from England composed and recited a eulogy of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in English. Excerpts…
AMU
Heritage
Theodore Beck : A British Educationist & Second Principal of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Muslims, of the Indian subcontinent are celebrating centennial of the formation of Aligarh Muslim University (1920) from Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college (est. 1875). Few, can…
Freedom Fighter
Amjadi Begum & Mohammad Ali: Lovers, Comrades & Nationalists
Malcolm Hailey, Member Home of the Government of (British) India, while replying to a question regarding the Indian Freedom Movement in the Central Legislative…
Education
Aligarh (AMU) : As I Saw It
A dream that comes true; like the rare sight of a shooting star. Aligarh is the memory engraved in every heart. It is the…
Communalism
“The Muslim Problem in India” by CM Naim
(The article was originally published in the ‘Quest’, a bimonthly journal published from Mumbai, in 1972. Author, CM Naim, is a Professor Emeritus at…
Communalism
1970 Maharashtra Riots : Read How ‘The Times’ covered It – A Reproduction
On Rashid’s first day at school the other boys took down his trousers to see if he was circumcised and ever since no one…
Communalism
1962 : When AMU teachers took on Nehru government after attack on the University
It was the year 1961, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh (UP) was holding Students’ Union elections. AMU, the…
Education
When Asking Donations for Aligarh Muslim University were seditious (Anti-National) : Banned Poem ‘Muslim University ka Chanda’
There is a misconception or a wrongly held notion that Aligarh Muslim University was created by the British or at least had a full…
Freedom Movement
Listen to a poem banned by the British for exposing Police atrocities
In 1921, the British Government banned and confiscated a poem written by an unknown freedom fighter whose pen name was ‘Noor’. In the aftermath…
Education
When Mahatma Gandhi visited Aligarh Muslim University & Jamia Millia Islamia was born
An appeal was made to the Muslim University of Aligarh and the Hindu University of Benares to refuse Government grants and tear to pieces…
Celebrities
When Sir Syed Ahmad Khan first spoke on the political future and strategy of Muslims in India
GENTLEMEN, --I am not given to speaking on politics, and I do not recollect having ever previously given a political lecture. My attention has…
