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Aligarh (əlēgŭr`), city (1991 pop. 480,520), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. A district administrative headquarters and an important agricultural trade center, it also has a number of processing plants for agricultural goods. It is famous chiefly for Aligarh Muslim university, opened in 1875 as Anglo-Oriental College, which is the leading school for Indian Muslims. The city, whose native name is Koil, has ancient Buddhist remains and many Muslim buildings. Aligarh a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh, with a famous Muslim university (1920). Pop.: 667 732 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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teacher from Aligarh Muslim University devised a gateway to library and
information resources (Library and Information Science Gateway, 2005). Kirmani, Mahmoud Zaki, Honorary Secretary of the Muslim
Association for the Advancement of Science, Aligarh, India.
It is also a valuable addition to the historiography of Islam in
northern India, and certainly deserves to be placed alongside such
seminal work as Gail Minault's study of the Khilafat movement,
Barbara Metcalfs study of Muslim revivalism in the nineteenth century,
Richard Eaton's analysis of the spread of Islam in Bengal, David
Lelyveld's study of Aligarh, and Robinson 's own work on
Muslim separatism in India. |
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