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Sir Syed urges Muslims to oppose the Indian National Congress

1887 · After 1857
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Aligarh Movement All events1857 · Sir Syed sides with the British during the 1857 revolt1859 · Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind printed at Agra1864 · Scientific Society set up to translate Western knowledge1867 · Urdu-Hindi controversy at Benares changes Sir Syed's outlook1875 · Muslim school opens at Aligarh, forerunner of MAO College1886 · Sir Syed organises the Muhammadan Educational Conference1887 · Sir Syed urges Muslims to oppose the Indian National Congress
+4 more1906 · Aga Khan leads Muslim deputation to Viceroy Minto1906 · All-India Muslim League founded at Dhaka1920 · MAO College raised to Aligarh Muslim University1920 · Nationalist Muslims found Jamia Millia as a rival to MAO College

Aligarh set Muslims on a political course apart from the Congress, a stance later taken up by Muslim politics.

Source: Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (Macmillan), article by David Lelyveld, via Encyclopedia.com

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Was the Aligarh Movement the real foundation of Pakistan, or mainly an educational reform?

“Supports” means it backs the claim: The Aligarh Movement laid the political foundation of Pakistan.

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