Aligarh Muslim University

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The Aligarh Muslim University is one of the oldest premier Central Universities of India with a unique and rich culture of its own. It owes its existence to the selfless and untiring efforts of the great visionary Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.  Deeply moved by the socio-economic and educational plight of his community after the First War of Independence of 1857¸ he was quick to realize that the panacea for these ills lay in inculcating the spirit of free enquiry and modernism in the community.His exposure to the British Universities¸ particularly those at Oxford and Cambridge¸ and their public schools¸ inspired him with a new vision of a harmonious pattern of culture¸ combining the best elements in the cultures of the East with the arts and sciences of the West. In 1875 he founded a High School at Aligarh¸ which¸ within three years¸ was raised to a College known as Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College which metamorphosed into  Aligarh Muslim University in 1920  through an Act of Parliament. 
Aligarh is situated in the middle  of Doab - the land between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers¸ at a distance of 130 km Southeast of Delhi on the Delhi-Howrah rail route and the Grand Trunk Road.  The latitude is 27o54' N and longitude is 78o05' E. The climate is hot and dry in summer and cold and dry in winter with an intervening rainy season.  The University campus is 2 kms away from the Aligarh Railway Station.