Web Desk: World-renowned statesman, scholar, philosopher, poet, and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is being observed on Thursday, today.
He was born in 1817, in Delhi, Sir Syed was regarded as the founder of modern Muslim education in the subcontinent.
He devoted his life to the betterment of the Muslim community.
Sir Syed is hailed as the father of the Two Nation Theory and one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, along with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal.
He was the founder of Aligarh Movement which was the base of Pakistan Movement.
He established a scientific Society at Ghazipur in 1864, this Society was directed towards getting the translations of Western knowledge texts into Urdu.
He also started publishing Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq in 1870 to instill modern consciousness among the Muslims.
This was the main aim and spirit that led him to establish Madrasat-ul-Uloom, then Mohammedan Oriental College at Aligarh, which later grew into Aligarh Muslim University.
He died on this day in 1898 in Aligarh, India.
