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Assignment No. 1 Total
Marks: 10+5
Due Date: 30-11-2018

 What were the impacts of Aligarh Movement for reforming Muslim’s society in the Sub-
content? Justify your answer with five valid points. 10 Marks

Ans: The impacts of Aligarh Movement for

reforming Muslim’s society in the

Sub-continent:

1. The Aligarh Movement was the push to establish a modern system of education for the
Muslim population of British India, during the later decades of the 19th century.

2. The movement's name derivers from the fact that its core and origins lay in the city of Aligarh
in Northern India and, in particular , with the foundation of the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental
Collegaite School in 1875.

3. The founder of the Oriental college, and the other educational institutions that developed from
it, was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. He became the leading light of the wider Aligarh Movement.

4. Sir Syed launched the Aligarh Movement of which Aligarh was the center. He had tow
immediate objectives in mind: to remove the state of misunderstanding and tension between the
Muslims and the new British government, and to inudce them to go after the opportunities
available under the new regime without deviating in any way from the fundamentals of their
faith.
5. Keeping education and social reform as the two planks of his program, he launched the
Aligarh Movement with the following objectives:

a) To creat an atmosphere of mutual understanding between the British government and the
Muslims.
b) To persuade Muslims to learn English education.
c) To persuade Muslims to abstain from politics of agitation.
d) To produce an intellectual class from amongst the Muslim community.

 How did the Simla Deputation (1906) play a significant role to change the political scene
of India in favor of the Muslims? Justify your answer with any five relevant points. 5
Marks

Ans: Simla Deputation (1906) play a significant role in india relevant points.

1. Muslims should have their own representatives.

2. Muslims in all council should have a higher percentage of seats than the percentage of the
indian population.

3. The granting of the right of the separate electorates for the Muslims gave them their rights to
express their demands.

4. The Simla deputation was also factor that made Muslims feel a neef for their own political
party. It can rightly be called ‘‘ the first real political step toward a separate homeland ".

5. It encourages the Muslims to launch struggle for their rights parallel to the indian national
Congress.