Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, one of the architects of modern India, was born on October 17, 1817 at Delhi. In 1875, he founded the Madarsatul Uloom in Aligarh and patterned the MAO College after Oxford and Cambridge universities. His objective was to build a college in tune with the British education system but without compromising its Islamic values. He wanted this College to act as a bridge between the old and the new, the East and the West. It later came to be known as AMU. He died on March 27, 1898 and lies buried next to the main Mosque at the AMU. (Source: http://www.amu.ac.in/ssday/af.htm )
On 17th of October, on the occasion of Sir Syed Day, here are reports of celebrations and views of few prominent persons, Sir Syed followers and even common community members on the great personality:
Seminar on Sir Syed’s mission and national awareness held at Aligarh
Sir Syed remembered worldwide on 197th birth anniversary
AMU celebrates Sir Syed’s 197th birth anniversary
‘Rather than increase number of schools, necessary to improve educational standard’
‘Bharat Ratna for Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’
Sir Syed’s followers in JNU pledge to carry forward his vibrant legacy