<b>October 17, 1817:</b>
Syed Ahmed Khan, (decorated by British with prefix of 'Sir' & suffix of 'Bahadur'), was born in Delhi in a pathan-arabic family of heriditary Mugal administrators. He in a milestone in the history of Indian Muslims, and a renewer (or founder) of modern Islamic Separatism in India. He founded what later became Aligarh Muslim University, was an ardent propmoter of Urdu, a strong opposer of Congress or any Hindu-Muslim mixup, inspiration of Muslim League (which was founded after his death), supporter of British as long as they supported separate Muslims identity through concessions, very strong promotor of Umma the pan-islamic internationalism, and mentor of several modern indian muslim thinkers who later nourished the Islamic separatism in India. One must read Sita Ram Goel's "Muslim Separatism: Causes and Consequences" for a surgical analysis.
Syed Ahmed Khan, (decorated by British with prefix of 'Sir' & suffix of 'Bahadur'), was born in Delhi in a pathan-arabic family of heriditary Mugal administrators. He in a milestone in the history of Indian Muslims, and a renewer (or founder) of modern Islamic Separatism in India. He founded what later became Aligarh Muslim University, was an ardent propmoter of Urdu, a strong opposer of Congress or any Hindu-Muslim mixup, inspiration of Muslim League (which was founded after his death), supporter of British as long as they supported separate Muslims identity through concessions, very strong promotor of Umma the pan-islamic internationalism, and mentor of several modern indian muslim thinkers who later nourished the Islamic separatism in India. One must read Sita Ram Goel's "Muslim Separatism: Causes and Consequences" for a surgical analysis.