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Aligarh Movement was the movement led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, to educate the Muslims of the South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

after the defeat of the rebels in the Indian rebellion of 1857

Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...

. It had enormous success and had a profound impact on the future of the subcontinent. Its most significant achievement was the establishment of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh, which later became Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

Stated objectives

To develop good will with the British i.e, to convince them that Muslims alone were not responsible for the war of 1857, Hindus and other nations in India also participated in the war. In order to clear the doubts from the minds of the British about Muslims Sir Syed Ahmed Khan wrote a pamphlet "The Causes Of Indian Revolt".
To protect Islam against the onslaught of Orientalists and to prove that it was the one true religion;
To remove the bitter enmity which had arisen between the Muslim and the British for religious or political reasons and to establish friendly relations between them;
To reinterpret the teaching of Islam and bring them in harmony with modern science and philosophy so that educated Muslims while holding on to their religion, might take a rational and enlightened view of life and meet the demands of the new age;
To persuade Muslims to learn the English language and Western sciences so that they might secure a substantial share in the administration of the country.
To maintain Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

along with English as an associate official language and to develop it through translations and original writings.
To motivate Muslims for achieving modern scientific knowledge
Properties of Muslims confiscated after the war of independence were restored to them
Muslims were included in a number of programs for development
To improve relations between Muslims and British communities by removing British doubts about Muslim loyalty and Muslim doubts about British inentions.

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
Sir Syed held the view that acquisition of modern education would help in the progress and development of Muslim so he set up a scientific study at Ghazipur in 1862 which establish many educational institution at different places , due to this application of modern scientific knowledge became easy . They helped the development of Urdu language also because modern subjects were translated into Urdu.
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