A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad
A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad Naved Masood* Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (13.4.1935 to 29.4.1938 and 24.4.1941 to 23.4.1947)Note:...
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Khwaja Abdul Hamied
Khwaja Abdul HamiedFather of indigenous modern pharmaceutical industry of IndiaNaved Masood* Today, Indian pharmaceutical industry is the second largest in the world in terms of volumes produced and is...
View ArticleAligarh Movement: Past, present, and future - A discussion at MIT
Aligarh Movement: Past, present, and future“Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education “ -- Mahatma GandhiAligarh movement was led by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan to bring Indian Muslims closer to modern and...
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Nawab Hafiz Sir Ahmad Said Khan - Nawab Chattari
Nawab Hafiz Sir Ahmad Said Khan - Nawab Chattari Naved Masood* Zamindars in parts of Northern India[2] enjoyed the right to collect land revenue in their ‘estates’ (Zamindaris). They also had to...
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Justice Saiyed Saghir Ahmed
Justice Saiyed Saghir Ahmed – A TributeNaved Masood* News had come last week of the hospitalisation of Justice Saiyed Saghir Ahmed with respiratory distress in Lucknow. When I rang up to inquire his...
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Closer Look: Aligarh Movement
Closer Look: Aligarh MovementBy Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net There are three myths about the Aligarh movement: it was simply a movement for education, Aligarh Muslim University IS the movement, and...
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Syed Kamran Kazmi
Syed Kamran KazmiNaved Masood* I learnt of the passing away of Kamran Kazmi Sahib early yesterday morning while already on way to Aligarh from our mutual friend Wasim Ahmad aka "Bhindi" and was thus...
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MAO College Fund Raising receipt
Dear All, As we all know that MAO College transformed to Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. To realize this transformation, a fund raising drive took place at All India level under the Chairmanship of...
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AMU Court Member Election in Alumni Category
Dear all,Very recently most of the Aligarh Alumni Associations across the globe had received the following letter from AMU Aligarh Registrar regarding election of 25-members of AMU Court under AMU...
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Sir Ross Masud
Syed Ross MasudPursuit of Excellence in Higher EducationNaved Masood* At a time when illiteracy among Indian Muslims is a ‘fact of life’ and educational institutions run by the community amply...
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Ahsan Jan Qaisar
Prof. Ahsan Jan QaisarObituary of a Renowned HistorianMohammad Sajjad* This great scholar of Medieval Indian history and one of the iconic historians [to have been produced by the Aligarh Muslim...
View ArticleAMU elegance and ethos at peril
AMU elegance and ethos at perilSyed M. Naseem* The atmosphere at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been vitiated over the last several months by controversies on the issue of the...
View ArticleResponse - Part I : AMU elegance and ethos at peril
Response - Part I 1990-94 AMU elegance and ethos at perilAfzal Usmanisimaalusmani@gmail.comJanab Syed Naseem Sahab,Assalam-o-Alaikum,First of all we are thankful for a brief over view of AMU campus for...
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Mohammed Yunus : The Migrant from Pakistan
The Migrant from Pakistan: Mohammed Yunus (1916-2001)Naved Masood* Independence and partition of India brought massive transfer of populations. Movements of refuges were on predictable, communal lines....
View ArticleDeath of Prof. Abdul Majid Siddiqi on 28th August 2011
Death of Prof. Abdul Majid Siddiqi and meeting with Dr. Shahid Jameel Being a student of Non-Life Sciences, I never had the opportunity to know and meet Prof. Abdul Majid Siddiqi Sahab. It was only...
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Dr. Muhammad Hashim Kidwai
Dr. Muhammad Hashim Kidwai A Genuine Muslim Nationalist By Prof. A.R. Kidwai* Director, UGC Academic Staff College, AMU Aligarh Scion of a family of religious scholars: Dr. Muhammad Hashim Kidwai was...
View ArticleLetters and Comments by Dr. Hashim Kidwai to Print Media
Letters and Comments by Dr. Hashim Kidwai to Print Media Chhote Sardar’ The title of “Chhote Sardar” has been conferred on Mr Narendra Modi, who has been responsible for the state-sponsored anti-Muslim...
View ArticleSir Syed and Aligarh Movement - A Talk by Dr Aslam Abdullah
Sir Syed and Aligarh Movement - A Talk by Dr Aslam Abdullah This was a keynote address delivered by Dr. Aslam Abdullah on Sir Syed Day organised by Aligarh Alumni Association of Northern California in...
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Ahsan Raza Khan
Ahsan Raza KhanNaved Masood* It is a pity that the passing away of Ahsan Raza Khan has been widely reported in the context of his supposedly being a teacher of President Hamid Karzai. He deserves to be...
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