Aligarh Movement

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Islamic reform movement educational reform movement modernist movement social reform movement

The Aligarh Movement was a late 19th-century Islamic modernist and educational reform movement in British India, centered on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s efforts to promote Western-style education and socio-political uplift among Indian Muslims.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic reform movement ⓘ educational reform movement ⓘ modernist movement ⓘ social reform movement ⓘ
aim	loyalty to the British Crown as a strategy for Muslim advancement ⓘ promotion of Western-style education among Indian Muslims ⓘ reconciliation of Islamic teachings with modern science ⓘ socio-political uplift of Indian Muslims ⓘ
associatedInstitution	Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Scientific Society of Aligarh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPublication	Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
focus	English language education ⓘ modern education ⓘ scientific education ⓘ social reform among Muslims ⓘ university-level instruction ⓘ
foundedBy	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCentralFigure	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	establishment of modern schools for Muslims ⓘ publication of reformist journals ⓘ translation of Western works into Urdu ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key phase in Muslim educational reform in South Asia ⓘ laid foundations for Aligarh Muslim University ⓘ
ideology	Islamic modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim modernism in South Asia ⓘ
inception	circa 1870s ⓘ
influenced	All-India Muslim League leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim modernist thought in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ Muslim political consciousness in India ⓘ development of Muslim higher education in South Asia ⓘ
inspiredCreationOf	Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College NERFINISHED ⓘ
intellectualContext	colonial modernity in British India ⓘ post-1857 Indian Rebellion environment ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse	English ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Aligarh NERFINISHED ⓘ United Provinces of Agra and Oudh NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Uttar Pradesh, India ⓘ
opposedBy	Deobandi scholars NERFINISHED ⓘ traditionalist ulema ⓘ
promotedConcept	Muslim communal identity in colonial politics ⓘ rationalist approach to Quran and Hadith ⓘ reinterpretation of Islamic law in light of modern needs ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
socialGroupServed	Indian Muslims ⓘ North Indian Muslim elite ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ
supportedBy	Muslim landed aristocracy in North India ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Pakistan Movement → influencedBy → Aligarh Movement ⓘ

Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk → movement → Aligarh Movement ⓘ

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (through AMU) → movement → Aligarh Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Aligarh Muslim University → notableFor → Aligarh Movement ⓘ