Syed
Ahmad Taqvi widely known as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born on 17 October 1817 in
Delhi then under Mughal Empire. Born into Muslim nobility, Sir Syed earned
reputation as a scholar while working as a jurist in British East India
Company.
At
the time of Indian Rebellion of 1857 he was loyal to the British Raj but after
the rebellion he wrote a booklet named Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind (The Causes of the Indian
Mutiny)1 blaming the Raj for causing the mutiny due to its
controversial policies.
Before Hindi-Urdu conflict2
in 1867, he was a mentor of Hindu-Muslim education but after the controversy he
became only a mentor of Muslim education. He established Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College3
in 1875 which became Aligarh Muslim University4
in 1920. In 1886, he established the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference5
in Aligarh6
to promote his vision of modern education and political unity for
Muslims.
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