Aligarh Muslim University is public central university in Aligarh, (Uttar Pradesh) India.
It was initially established in 1875 as a school, known as Muhammedan Anglo Oriental Collegiate School. Which was given Urdu name of Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind.
In 1877, two years later it progressed and became Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.
It was part of The Aligarh Movement was the push to establish a modern system of education for Muslims in India.
In the beginning, the collegiate was affiliated with the University of Calcutta for the matriculation examination but became an affiliate of Allahabad University in 1885. In 1877, the collegiate (school) was raised to college level.
The college also published a magazine by its name.
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, following the Aligarh Muslim University Act was enacted in the year 1920 by the imperial legislation.
The Act was amended in 1951 in order to do away with the Islamic teachings.
AMU was declared a minority institution by the AMU Amendment Act in 1981 by the Parliament.
The Allahabad High Court ruled in 2005 that AMU Amendment act of 1981 is unconstitutional.
The University in the past and currently facing a continuous assault from the right wing Hindu politics for its role in uplifting Indian Muslims educationally and academically.
Few historical photographs related to Aligarh Muslim University including a file photo of the time capsule being buried in the AMU campus in 1877. In this rare photograph Sir Syed is standing on the right side.