Movement of Sir Syed Ahmed khan Aligarh movement and services of Sir syed ahmed khan

1. Aligarh Movement and
Services of Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan

2. Introduction
 Syed Ahmad Khan was a great Indian
Muslim leader who came to prominence
after the war of independence in 1857
when India was amalgamated in the British
empire by the dissolution of East India
Company
 The Britishers made the Muslims
responsible for the WOI (Mutiny) and they
were reduced to misery by the Britishers
through confiscating their properties and
denying them employement

3. Introduction12
 Politically the Muslims of India were reduced from
the position of rulers to the position of subjects
 Similarly Muslims were economically targeted by
confiscating their lands and denying them the jobs.
They were reduced to poverty
 Educationally Muslims were far more behind the
Hindus
 Based upon their political, economic, and
educational conditions we can perceive their social
standing

4. Introduction
 It was in these dejected conditions sir
Syed Ahmad Khan started a movement
for the revival of Indian Muslims
 The movement started by Syed Ahmad
Khan was an educational movement

5. The life of Syed Ahmad
Khan
 He was born in Delhi on October 17,1817. His father
Syed Muhammad Taqqi was a saintly person
 Syed Ahmad Khan studied Medicine but left it and
started learning court system
 He was appointed as Naib Munshi in the office of the
commissioner of Agra, from here he started his
career as an employ of East India Company
 He became Munsif in 1841 and was transferred to
Delhi in 1846 and started writing editorial for a
newspaper and wrote different essays on varied
topics

6. The life of Syed Ahmad
Khan
 During the WOI in 1857 he was in Bijnaur and it was
here that Syed Ahmad Khan saved the lives of many
Britishers and wrote “causes of Indian revolt”
 In 1869, he visited England with his son Mehmod
and wrote the reply of Sir Willium Muir blasphemous
Book “the life of Muhammad” which was named as
‘Khutbat-e-Ahmadia’
 He became Munsif of small cause court in 1870 and
got retired in 1876. He was awarded as “sir” in 1888
and died on March 27,1898 in Aligarh

7. Aims and Objectives of Aligarh
Movement
 Syed Ahmad Khan mentioned three
objectives of the movement
1. To persuade the Muslims of India to get
English education. At that time Muslims were
against English education
2. To instill the spirit of loyalty among the
Muslims for British govt. At that time the
Muslims were not reconciling themselves to
recognize the Britishers as the rulers of India
3. To convince the Britishers that Muslims were
the loyal citizen of India

8. Aligarh movement in
practice
1. In 1858 Syed Ahmad Khan established
a Persian Madrassah where English
Education was also given. In 1863, he
established scientific society in
Ghazipur for the purposing of
translating eminent English books in
Urdu. The scientific started publishing a
journal in 1866 which was named as
“Aligarh institute gazette”.

9. Aligarh movement in
practice
2. After returning from England , sir syed
established “ anjuman-e-taraqi-e-
musalman hind” for the purpose of
reviving the education among the
Muslims. In the same year syed ahmad
khan started publishing a Journal
“Tehzeb ul Akhlaq” for reforming
different aspects of life

10. Aligarh movement in
practice
3. The Anjuman established Muhammadan
committed for collecting donations to
establish a college. In 1875, the anjuman
founded M.A.O high school which was
upgraded to a college in 1877 by the then
governor general of India, George Latin.
Syed Ahmad wished to upgrade the
college to university but it was made a
university in 1921 after the death of Syed
Ahmad Khan

11. Aligarh movement in
practice
4. Muhammadan educational conference
was setup on December 27,1886. it was
consisted of Muslim educationists for
the purpose of
1. To ensure the quality of education in
Muslim
2. Religious education is properly given to the
students
3. Research for improving education system

12. Results of Aligarh
Movement
1. Muslims were some how convinced to get
English education
2. Aligarh Movement was great source of
Muslim leadership in India
3. The attitude of the Britishers become soften
towards the Muslim
4. All India Muslim league was created in the
meeting of Muhammad educational
conference

13. Results of Aligarh
Movement
5. Two nation theory became strengthen
and a more scholarly approach was
made to it
6. The roots of Pakistan can be traced
back to aligarh movement