Malik praises Sir Syed’s vision of a nation

Sir Syed’s vision of a nation was one of the earliest expressions of an thought of India which incorporates all its inhabitants with out distinctions on the idea of faith, caste or race, stated Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik whereas delivering the Sir Syed Day commemoration handle because the chief visitor on Saturday.

Addressing AMU college students in a digital mode, he stated, “You are the true realisation of Sir Syed’s dream as you are serving the nation with the true spirit of the ideals of Sir Syed.”

‘Example in healthcare’

Speaking in Hindustani, he harassed, “We are living in a challenging times due to the pandemic, but it is heartening to see that AMU rose to the occasion with full potential for serving humanity as its Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital has set an example for the nation by leaving no stone unturned in the healthcare of the patients.”

Describing AMU as a “historical and heritage institution”, Mr. Malik stated it was a “common desire” of the nation that the college continues to “lead the country in providing quality education”. He stated it was “our collective responsibility to provide full support for the welfare of this institution of prominence.”

Reminiscing the times when he represented Aligarh constituency as a Member of Parliament from 1989 to 1991 (on a Janata Dal ticket) and AMU Court concurrently, he stated that AMU turned very pricey to him.

He recalled that AMU school members, together with eminent poet and lyricist late Prof. Shahryar, and the scholars had campaigned for him when he contested the Lok Sabha election. He claimed Prof. Irfan Habib and Prof. Shahryar distributed his voter id slips.

The seasoned politician, who’s seen as a uncommon socialist within the ruling dispensation, stated one of the explanations he was appointed the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir was his stint because the MP of Aligarh. Mr. Malik, who was the Governor of J &{K} when Article 370 was revoked in August 2019, additionally spoke in regards to the cooperation and assist he acquired from AMU Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor in convincing the Kashmiri college students to remain at AMU and to not return house in the course of the tense interval.

International class

Receiving the Sir Syed Excellence Award within the worldwide class, eminent historian Dr. Gail Minault, Professor Emerita, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin, US, mentioned her analysis on the Khilafat Movement and the way vital it was for her to not rely simply on British sources and discover out what the Ali Brothers, and Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, and Maulana Azad have been writing, pondering, and saying.

Dr. Minault spoke in regards to the assist she acquired in her analysis from the households and descendants of the founders of colleges, and the editors and publishers of Urdu journals, particularly the household of Shaikh Abdullah of Aligarh, founder of Aligarh Girls’ School, which later turned Aligarh Women’s College.

She made a particular point out of Mumtaz Jahan Haidar, who was for a few years the Principal of the Women’s College.

Anjuman-I-Islam, a Mumbai primarily based academic conglomerate, was awarded Sir Syed Excellence Award within the nationwide class.

In the welcome handle, Prof. Mansoor stated that Sir Syed introduced in regards to the nice revolution that reworked the Indian society in all walks of life.

Later within the day, AMU Chancellor Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin inaugurated the Centenary Gate on the northern facet of the AMU campus in digital mode. The V-C, on behalf of the Executive Council, has named it ‘Centenary Gate’ and the title in Urdu has been inscribed on it.