Q. With reference to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, consider the following statements:
1. When Sir Syed established a madrasa in Ghazipur, he elected Raja Dev Narayan Singh as patron of the school.
2. The first managing committee of Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College do not comprise any Hindu persons.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Recently Aligarh Muslim University completed 100 years of its foundation. Its founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a true advocate of Hindu Muslim unity.
Statement 1 is correct: When Sir Syed established a madrasa in Ghazipur, he elected Raja Dev Narayan Singh as patron of the school. Sanskrit was one of the five languages taught at this school.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The managing committee of MAO College comprised 22 members of whom nine were Hindus.
Sir Syed also laid the foundation of comparative religious studies and revived the spirit of Dara Shikoh’s philosophy — to bring major communities of India together by finding commonalities in their religions.
Source: The founder of a Mini India
