The Aligarh movement was started by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan primarily to educate the Muslim community in British India and to promote interaction and loyalty with the British government. The Scientific Society (1864), the Muhammadan Anglo- Oriental College (MAO College) founded in 1875, and its transformation into Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, served as the intellectual and organizational hub of this movement.
__________ was the centre of the Aligarh movement.
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2017 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Aligarh Movement and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan)
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