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    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was an influential 19th century Muslim scholar and reformer in British India. He believed that Muslims needed to take responsibility for improving their social and political position through Western education. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, which aimed to improve relations between Muslims and British and encourage Western education among Muslims. He grew disillusioned with the Indian National Congress and formulated the Two Nation Theory, which stated that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations that could not unite.

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    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was an influential 19th century Muslim scholar and reformer in British India. He believed that Muslims needed to take responsibility for improving their social and political position through Western education. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, which aimed to improve relations between Muslims and British and encourage Western education among Muslims. He grew disillusioned with the Indian National Congress and formulated the Two Nation Theory, which stated that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations that could not unite.

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    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was an influential 19th century Muslim scholar and reformer in British India. He believed that Muslims needed to take responsibility for improving their social and political position through Western education. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, which aimed to improve relations between Muslims and British and encourage Western education among Muslims. He grew disillusioned with the Indian National Congress and formulated the Two Nation Theory, which stated that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations that could not unite.

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    Sir.

    Syed Ahmad Khan


    ( NOTES )

    By Hamees Ahmed Khan


    Early Biography:

     He was born in 1817 in Delhi


     By the age of 18 he was skilled in Arabic, Persian, Maths and Medicine.
     In 1846 he was appointed judge in Delhi
     Also in 1846 he wrote a book on archeology called Athar-e-Sanadeed
     He saved many innocent lives during war of 1857
     He is known to have founded the Aligarh movement
     1875 he retired from law to concentrate on building up his college which later
    became a university.
     He died on 27 March 1898.

    Beliefs:

     He believed that the lowly position of the Muslims was because of the fact that
    they were treated as second class citizens.
     He also believed that Muslims had to take responsibility for themselves
     That Muslim community had to accept that British were their rulers who
    intended to stay for many years
     That Muslims should take advantage of western education for their development

    Aligarh Movement:

     In order for Muslim revival he started a movement called the Aligarh movement
    or “Muslim renaissance”
     He aimed to improve the relations between Muslims and British
     He aimed to improve the social and political position of Muslims
     He aimed to increase political awareness among Muslims
    Work:

    Improving Relations:

     There were two major obstacles in order to improve the relations


     First was that the British had put the entire responsibility of war of independence
    on the Muslims. And thus carried out policies of oppression against them. Other
    religious people were considered loyal and Muslims unhelpful.
     Second was that there was deep seated resentment against the British among
    Muslims. They were considered as foreign invaders and people who wanted to
    replace Islam with Christianity. Many rejected Western ideas and refused to gain
    any education.
     In order to convince the British he wrote the loyal Mohammadens of India to
    outline the people who had not participated in war. He wrote an Essay on Causes
    of revolt to prove the British wrong to put blame on Muslims. British resented
    being called Nadarath by Muslims but Sir Syed outlined that in came from the
    Arabic word Nassir meaning helper.
     In order to convince the Muslims he wrote Tabyin-ul-Kalam in which he outlined
    the various similarities between Islam and Christianity. He established British
    Indian Association to increase the cooperation between the two sides.

    Encouraging Education:

     By 1871 there were 711 Hindus in the government but 92 Muslims


     Hindus continuously gained strength by taking the western education
     Muslims on the other hand declined
     In order to encourage western education he told the Muslims that the Quran
    and Hadith told Muslims to learn knowledge from any source possible.
     He set up a journal called Tahzib-ul-Ikhlaq which contained articles from
    famous Muslims who agreed with Sir Syed
     In 1863 he founded the scientific society at Ghazi pore in order to translate
    books from English to Urdu, Arabic and Persian.
     In 1859 he opened a school at Moradabad
     In 1869 he traveled to England to observe the educational institutes there
     In 1875 he opened the famous Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in
    Aligarh
     In days before Muslim league it was known for Muslim unity.
     In 1886 he set up Mohammedan Educational Conference which held meetings
    over India to encourage education.
     In 1920 the college became the University of Aligarh

    Political Awareness:

     At first he believed that Muslims and Hindus could be united to become one
    nation
     But he soon realized that Hindus were not so keen to work with the Muslims
     When Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 it was seen as a way to
    convey ideas of Indians to the British but soon Sir Syed realized that Muslims
    were not welcome in the party and that only Hindus fared in it
     Congress called for a democratic system but Sir Syed rejected it saying that
    Muslim were a minority compared to Hindus
     Congress also called for competitive examinations in order to get employed in the
    government but Sir Syed rejected it saying that Muslims had almost no formal
    education

    The Two Nation Theory:

     In 1867 the Hindi-Urdu controversy started when the Hindus wanted Urdu to be
    replaced as official language
     He was led to believe that Congress was only working for interest of Hindus and
    that Hindus wanted to feel superior to other minorities
     So he stated his Two Nation Theory declaring the Muslims and Hindus were to
    separate nations which could not cooperate together for any cause

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