Syed Ali Hussain – Chief Architect of the Pakistan Public Works Department
Syed Ali Hussain, widely regarded as the chief architect of Pakistan’s Public Works Department, oversaw the development of Islamabad.
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Remembering Syed Ahmad, eminent economist and Urdu lover
October 30 is the first death anniversary of noted economist, former head and chairman of the Department of Economics at McMaster University, Canada, Prof Syed Ahmad. An alumnus of Jamia Millia, Patna University, Aligarh Muslim University and London School of Economics, Ahmad taught at universities in Aligarh, Khartoum (Sudan), Kent (England) and McMaster (Canada), was visiting professor at many other institutions and has left a legion of students and admirers across the globe.
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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 the wife of Shahjahan he was known as Akbarabadi Begum because of her native Akabarabad (Agra) he built a mosque at Faiz Bazaar Delhi. ( Now Daryaganj). the later mosque was demolished by Britishers during the revolt of 1857.
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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.
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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 and Muslims. Excerpts from this speech follow.
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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 Ahmad Khan expressed strong reservations on the admission of the children of Tawaifs
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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. Begum Khurshid Jahan, born in 1918, was the youngest daughter.
When she was a kid, there was a rumour that beggars with long beards kidnapped the children and would sell them away. Therefore, Begum Khurshid, when four year old, used to get terrified at the mere sight of any man with a long beard.
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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 quantity to each side.
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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 Kharagpur.
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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 role he played in approving the Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
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Theodore Beck : A British Educationist & Second Principal of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Muslims, of the Indian subcontinent, are celebrating the centennial of the formation of Aligarh Muslim University (1920) from Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental
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When The Indian Rupee had 64 Paise instead of 100
Yesterday, while discussing a cigarette advertisement from an Urdu magazine I told one of my friend and colleague that the
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Caste Discrimination in Mosques & My Grandfather, Mohammad Hashim
Caste system among Muslims in India is often debated among academic circles and hushed elsewhere. Many believe, especially the upper
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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 by the wife of the Governor of Punjab, Lady Dane on 13 January 1909. It was a radical step taken by Hakim Saheb towards the professional courses in the direction of female education.
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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 experiences.
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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 dentist of Undivided India followed by Tabitha Solomon who graduated five years after her.
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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 by Dr. Jaime Jaramillo-Arango, former Rector of the National Faculty of Medicine of Bogota.
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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 and kurta-pajama, and their beds rolled on their backs.
They have reached to remote corners of the Muslim society, often residing in slums and providing religious education to inspiration to the most downtrodden.
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The 1896 Plague in Bombay and the Riots it Caused
(Following is a reproduction of a report published in ‘The British Medical Journal’ on November 28, 1896 from London. This
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FEMINIST & FEMINISM : Rukhmabai, Kadambini Ganguli & Anandi Gopal Joshi, three of the earliest female physicians of India.
The women’s day was brought to light in the early 1900s where this day was first observed on February 28,
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