by Faisal Hassan | Nov 4, 2023 | Aligarhnama, Historical Narratives
The Bugle is sounded, the trumpets are being blown and the buggy awaits its new rider, as the dust settles in Aligarh. The Executive Council of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh had shortlisted five names for its prized post of Vice-Chancellor on October 30,...
by Rehan Asad | Nov 25, 2020 | Historical Narratives, People stories
Located thirty nine kilometers north of Aligarh Pahasu is a small town of District Bulandshahr. During British era, the town was the center of some prominent Lalkhani Muslim families who owned the big zamindari estate in the district. Lalkhani’s were Muslim...
by Faisal Hassan | Oct 23, 2020 | Aligarhnama, Historical Narratives
The prominent daybreak retreat for the residents of Civil Lines in Aligarh is undoubtedly, the Naqvi Park, named after Syed Abu Talib Naqvi, ICS. the bureaucrat who served as the District Magistrate of Aligarh from 1942-1947. Built in 1835, the Christ Church at Naqvi...
by tawarikh | Oct 16, 2020 | Gallery, People stories
Prime minister of Akbar Shah II & Sir Syed Maternal Grandfather Khwaja Fariduddin, the maternal grandfather of Sir Syed was among the descendants of 12th Sufi scholar of Naqshbandi Tariqa, Khwaja Mohammad Yusuf Hamdani. The grandfather of Khwaja Fariduddin came to...
by Dr. Mohammad Siddiqui | Sep 14, 2020 | Historical Narratives
A British Educationist & Second Principal of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Mr. Theodore Beck was a British educationist who was born at London in 1859. His father runs a business of optical instrument. Theodore studied at Trinity College, Cambridge University...
