Tales of two Historical Mosques and one Mission: Education.
This is a historical Mosque in many manners and it has a connection with Akbarabadi Mosque Delhi. Azizunnisa Begum was …Read more »
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History of Medical Colleges in India
A brief description of the process for admission to medical colleges in India, and how this system came into being.
When Sir Syed Ahmad Khan delivered a speech at Patna in 1883
In January 1883 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan delivered a speech in Patna, emphasizing the need for cordial relations between Hindus …Read more »
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Education of Tawaifs’ (dancing girl) Children
In a letter written in 1879 to the secretary of the Government of North West Provinces and Aoudh, Sir Syed …Read more »
When Sheikh Abdullah (Papa Mian) wrote poem for his daughter, Khurshid Jahan
Sheikh Abdullah, founder of Women’s College in Aligarh, and Begum Waheed Jahan had seven children, five daughters and two sons. …Read more »
Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi : Father of Algebra
For al-Khwarizmi, al-jabr is a method in which we can eliminate negative quantities in an equation by adding the same …Read more »
Nalini Ranjan Sarkar : The Real Father of IIT
As recommended, the first IIT was inaugurated by the then Education Minister, Abul Kalam Azad, on 18th August 1951 in …Read more »
Mian Muhammad Shafi: A Forgotten Hero of the Aligarh Movement
Mian Muhammad Shafi was a key figure in the Aligarh Movement. From a young lawyer in 1894 to the instrumental …Read more »
Hakim Ajmal Khan: The Visionary behind India’s First Female Midwifery School and Hospital
Hakim Ajmal Khan supplemented the Tibbia School by opening a Female Midwifery School and Hospital by getting it formally inaugurated …Read more »
Aligarh (AMU) : As I Saw It
Author, a B.Tech from AMU, Aligarh & Masters from University of Strathclyde, writes as a passion to share her personal …Read more »
Vimla Sood, Tabitha Solomon, Fatima Ali Jinnah….. Who among them are the first female dentist of India?
The undeniable fact that Fatima Ali Jinnah graduated in the year 1923 makes her the first female and a Muslim …Read more »
How Quinine (Anti-Malarial Drug) Got Its Name
It is a reproduction of a portion from A Critical Review of the Basic Facts in the History of Cinchona …Read more »
Tablighi Jamaat: A Historical Analysis of the Movement
They have created an army of preachers, who have become a common sight in the subcontinent with their white topi …Read more »
Rassundari Devi : Bengali Woman Who Rebelled Against the 19th Century Patriarchal Society
Rassundari Devi’s story is around one and a half century old. Circumstances have changed and women can now come out …Read more »
