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Raja Mahendra Partap: A Great Man Reduced to Jaat Raja by the Politics

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Mahino Fatima 0 Comments #AliGarh, Afghanistan, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, hathras, MAO College, mathura, Raja Mahendra Pratap, ross masood, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Raja Mahendra Pratap of Hathras is again in the news. It is sad that petty divisive politics is being played

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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Education of Tawaifs’ (dancing girl) Children

July 2, 2021 Mahino Fatima 0 Comments #AliGarh, Aligarh Movement, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Education, prostitute, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Tawaif

(In a letter written in 1879 to the secretary of the Government of North West Provinces and Aoudh, Sir Syed

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When Sheikh Abdullah (Papa Mian) wrote poem for his daughter, Khurshid Jahan

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 Mahino Fatima 0 Comments #AliGarh, abdullah hall, ala bi, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, begum khurshid jahan, begum khurshid mirza, papa mian, poem, renuka devi, sheikh abdullah, Sir Syed, Waheed Jahan, women's college

Sheikh Abdullah, founder of Women’s College in Aligarh, and Begum Waheed Jahan had seven children, five daughters and two sons.

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Mian Muhammad Shafi: A Forgotten Hero of Aligarh Movement

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Rehan Asad 0 Comments #AliGarh, Aligarh Movement, AMU, Begum Shahnawaz, Education, educationist, Mian Muhammad Shafi, muslim education, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

On 27th December, 1894, at the Mohammedan Educational Conference, a twenty-five year old lawyer who had returned from England composed

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Theodore Beck : A British Educationist & Second Principal of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 M S Siddiqui 0 Comments #AliGarh, Aligarh Movement, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Theodore Beck

Muslims, of the Indian subcontinent are celebrating centennial of the formation of Aligarh Muslim University (1920) from Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college

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Amjadi Begum & Mohammad Ali: Lovers, Comrades & Nationalists

September 10, 2020March 26, 2021 Saquib Salim 1 Comment #AliGarh, #Jamia, Abadi Bano Begum, agndhi, Amjadi Begum, AMU, Bi Amma, dariyabadi, Feminism, Feminist, indian freedom struggle, mohamad ali, round table conference, Shaukat Ali, Women

Malcolm Hailey, Member Home of the Government of (British) India, while replying to a question regarding the Indian Freedom Movement

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Aligarh (AMU) : As I Saw It

June 24, 2020 Sana Haque 0 Comments #AliGarh, AMU, Nostalgia, Tribute

A dream that comes true; like the rare sight of a shooting star. Aligarh is the memory engraved in every

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“The Muslim Problem in India” by CM Naim

January 23, 2020 Saquib Salim 0 Comments #AliGarh, #Gandhi, 1947, AMU, Balraj Madhok, Communalism, Freedom Struggle, Hindu, Hindu Muslim Riots, Hinduism, Hindutva, Islam, Israel, Jamat, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Muslim, Pakistan, Partition, Pogrom, Police Atrocities Azad, Religious fanaticism, Riots, RSS, Urdu, Violence

(The article was originally published in the ‘Quest’, a bimonthly journal published from Mumbai, in 1972. Author, CM Naim, is

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1970 Maharashtra Riots : Read How ‘The Times’ covered It – A Reproduction

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 Saquib Salim 0 Comments #Delhi, #Jamia, 1969 Gujarat, 1970, 1970 Riots, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Arson, BJP, Communalism, Congress, Discrimination, Gujarat Riots, Hindu Muslim Riots, Hindus in Pakistan, India, Indian Muslims, Indira, Indira Gandhi, Jan Sangh, Maharashtra Riots, Pakistan, Parliament, Police atrocities, rioting, RSS, Secularism

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 has played with him . . . “you’re a Muslim”.