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MAO College raised to Aligarh Muslim University

1920 · League and reforms

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Aligarh Movement

All events 1857 · Sir Syed sides with the British during the 1857 revolt 1859 · Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind printed at Agra 1864 · Scientific Society set up to translate Western knowledge 1867 · Urdu-Hindi controversy at Benares changes Sir Syed's outlook 1875 · Muslim school opens at Aligarh, forerunner of MAO College 1886 · Sir Syed organises the Muhammadan Educational Conference 1887 · Sir Syed urges Muslims to oppose the Indian National Congress

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1906 · Aga Khan leads Muslim deputation to Viceroy Minto 1906 · All-India Muslim League founded at Dhaka 1920 · MAO College raised to Aligarh Muslim University 1920 · Nationalist Muslims found Jamia Millia as a rival to MAO College

The college became a university later described as the intellectual cradle of the Muslim League and Pakistan.

Source: Britannica, 2026

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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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