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{{Short description|Student organisation in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox
|title = Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union

|label1 = Institution | data1 = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
|label2 = Former name | data2 = [[Siddons Union Club]]
|label3 = Formation | data3 = 1884
|label4 = Location | data4 = Students' Union Hall
|label5 = [[President (education)|President]] | data5 = ''' M. Salman Imtiaz'''
|label6 = [[Vice-President]] | data6 = '''Hamza Sufyan'''
|label7 = Honorary Secretary | data7 = '''Huzaifa Aamir Rashadi'''

|label8 = Cabinet Member | data8 =
* Gowtham K
* Fakhra khan
* Syed Shahrukh Hussain
* Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya
* Nishant Bhardwaj
* Maryam Batool
* Hasan Mustafa
* Moinuddin
* Fahd Ayub Zinjani
* Naved Alam

|label10 = Flag | data10 =
{{color box|#15701B}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#980E21}}

|label11 = website | data11 = {{URL|http://www.amusu.in}}

|Cabinet's=
Moinuddin
Fakhra khan
Maryam Batool
Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya
Gowtham K
Nishant Bhardwaj
Syed Shahrukh Husain
Hasan Mustafa
Naved Alam
Fahd Ayub Zinjani|Cabinet Member=
Gowtham K
Moinuddin
Fakhra khan
Maryam Batool
Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya
Nishant Bhardwaj
Syed Shahrukh Husain
Hasan Mustafa
Naved Alam
Fahd Ayub Zinjani|Institution=[[Aligarh Muslim University]]}}

The '''Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union''' ('''AMUSU''') is the official Students' Union of the [[Aligarh Muslim University]], Aligarh, [[India]].
The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union is the university-wide representative body for students and is autonomous in nature. It works according to their own constitution, written by Amin A. Bulbuliya.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} It is primarily responsible for building and preserving a healthy political culture and an atmosphere of open debates on the campus. Students are kept informed about the public meetings, discussions and other issues through pamphlets and notices.

==History==
It was established as a Students' Debating Society named after the first principal [[Henry George Impey Siddons]] of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], the parent body of Aligarh Muslim University, on the model of Cambridge Union Society. The club was started in 1884 at Strachey Hall, located at the college premises. Debates of various issues related to Muslims of India and the world used to be conducted in the [[Siddons Union Club]]. The club had enthusiasm among the students of the M.A.O. College for its debates and English Style Club used to inculcate the debating skills and knowledge of English Language among the students. The founder, Sir [[Syed Ahmad Khan]] considered competence in English and "debating skills" necessary for maintaining Muslims' political influence, especially in Northern India. Khan's image for the college was based on his visit to Oxford and Cambridge and he wanted to establish an education system similar to the British model.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole paragraph|date=November 2024}}

==Union Publications==
The '''Aligarian''' magazine is an official voice of AMUSU. The magazine covers activities of the Union as well as other socio-cultural and political issues of the country in general. The President of the Union by virtue of its mandate remains its 'Censor', while the Vice President remains its 'Chief Editor', while any member from the general body is selected as 'Editor'.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole paragraph|date=November 2024}}

==List of presidents==
The Union presidents of the last 20 years are as follows.
* Nadim Asrar (1999–2000)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Response to Nadim Asrar's Open Letter to Shehla Rashid|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/02/27/a-response-to-nadim-asrars-open-letter-to-shehla-rashid|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Newslaundry|date=27 February 2017 }}</ref>
* Naseem Ashraf (2004–05)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-10|title=Dismissal of Akhilesh Yadav government demanded|url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/dismissal-of-akhilesh-yadav-government-demanded-1096459.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Firstpost}}</ref>
* Abdul Hafeez (2005–06)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-02-11|title=Amid UP assembly elections, Aligarh Muslim University continues to search for a voice|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/amid-up-assembly-elections-aligarh-muslim-university-continues-to-search-for-a-voice-4518735/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Nafees Ahmad|Mr. Nafees Ahmad]] (2006–07)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-11-13|title=AMUSU flays death sentence to Saddam|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amusu-flays-death-sentence-to-saddam/story-URZC25BQZDSgDPQ0scDyrL.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* Abu Affan Farooqui (2010–11)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2011-01-20|title=AMU students' union election results announced|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/AMU-studentsrsquo-union-election-results-announced/article15525989.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* Syed Sharique Ahmad (2011–12)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-11|title=AMU students' union election results declared|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/amu-students-union-election-results-declared_746504.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>
* Shahzad Alam Barni (2012–13)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-03|title=Expelled AMUSU leader new SP youth wing secy|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/expelled-amusu-leader-new-sp-youth-wing-secy/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* Abdullah Azzam (2014–15)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-30|title=AMU students' union opposes VC's decision to hold seminar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amu-students-union-opposes-vc-s-decision-to-hold-seminar/story-uqfEhAd6fDY4C3fTVpHNdO.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* Faizul Hasan (2016–17)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-10-09|title=Faizul Hasan elected AMU student union's president|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/faizul-hasan-elected-amu-student-union-s-president-116100900237_1.html|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref>
* [[Maskoor Usmani|Mr. Maksoor Ahmad Usmani]] (2017–18)<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 12, 2017|title=New Student Union President elected in Aligarh Muslim University|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/new-student-union-president-elected-amu-1105592-2017-12-12|access-date=2020-11-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* Salman Imtiyaz (2018–19)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=AMU: Salman Imtiaz elected as the new President of AMU Students' Union|url=https://newsd.in/amu-salman-imtiaz-elected-as-the-new-president-of-amu-students-union/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Newsd.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

==List of vice presidents==
* [[A. T. M. Mustafa]] (1946–1947)
* S.M. Haider Ali Khan (Asad) (1991–92)
* Mazin Hussain Zaidi (2006–07)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Headline|first=Times|date=2018-06-30|title=AMU students demands quick action of Sanskriti Rai's case|url=https://timesheadline.com/india/uttar-pradesh/amu-students-demands-quick-action-of-sanskriti-rais-case-20636.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=The Times Headline|language=en|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205221229/https://timesheadline.com/india/uttar-pradesh/amu-students-demands-quick-action-of-sanskriti-rais-case-20636.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Tauseef Alam (2012–13)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2015 |title=Case against ex-AMUSU chief |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20150602/281827167372814 |access-date=2021-01-30 |via=PressReader}}</ref>
* Syed Masoodul Hasan (2014–15)
* Nadeem Ansari (2016–17)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-31|title=Two ex-AMU students externed|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/two-ex-amu-students-externed/article30706293.ece|access-date=2021-01-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*Sajjad Subhan Rather (2017–18)<ref>{{Cite web|last=singh|first=majid alam & amardip kumar|title=Former VP Ansari Extends Support to AMU Students, Questions "Precise Timing" of Mob Intrusion|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/2/13794/former-vp-ansari-extends-support-to-amu-students-questions-precise-timing-of-mob-intrusion|access-date=2021-01-30|website=The Citizen|date=13 May 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Hamza Sufyan (2018–19)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-05|title=UP: AMU students plan march on Monday, police say won't object|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/amu-students-plan-march-on-monday-police-say-wont-object-6200170/|access-date=2021-01-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== List of Honorary Secretaries ==

* Maqsood Hussain Amoomi (1962-1963)
* Farrukh Khan (2005–2006)<ref name=":0" />
*Aamir Qutub (2010–11)<ref name=":1" />
* Nabeel Usmani (2016–17)
*Mohd Fahad (2017–18)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newly elected AMU students body installed; See PHOTOS here {{!}} ummid.com|url=https://ummid.com/news/2017/December/16.12.2017/amusu-2017-installation-ceremony.html|access-date=2021-03-18|website=www.ummid.com/}}</ref>
* Huzaifa Aamir Rashadi (2018–19)

==Lifetime members==
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] was the first life member of the union and was conferred upon him on 1920.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/01/row-over-jinnahs-portrait-aligarh-muslim-university-authorities-student-leaders-call-it-historica-1808767.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502223744/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/01/row-over-jinnahs-portrait-aligarh-muslim-university-authorities-student-leaders-call-it-historica-1808767.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2018|title=Row over Jinnah's portrait: Aligarh Muslim University authorities, student leaders call it historical preservation|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awaam.net/gandhi-jis-students-union-amu-zulfiqar-sheth/|title=Gandhi Ji's Students' Union at AMU {{!}} Zulfiqar Sheth - Awaam|date=2017-05-28|work=Awaam|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Iqbal]], Muslim poet and philosopher (1929)
* [[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]], Pashtun freedom fighter (1934)
* [[Mohammad Ali Jinnah]], Founder of Pakistan (1938)
* [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Ex-Prime Minister of India (1948)
* [[Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], King of Saudi Arabia (1955)

* [[Mother Teresa]], Social Worker (1983)
* [[Dalai Lama]], Tibetan spiritual leader (1998)
* [[Anwar Sadat]], Ex-President of Egypt (1955)
* [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]], King of Afghanistan (1958)
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], President of Egypt (1960)
* [[Gamal Salem]], Egyptian Revolutionary (1955)
* [[Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary]], Queen of Iran (1956)
* [[Dr. Rajendra Prasad]], Ex-President of India (1951)
* [[V.V. Giri]], Former President of India (1958)
* [[Morarji Desai]], Former Prime Minister of India (1959)
* [[Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi]], Noted Islamic Scholar (1959)
* Sir [[Alexander R. Todd]], Nobel Laureate in Science (1960)
* [[Sarojini Naidu]], Indian activist
* [[Refi Cevat Ulunay]], Turkish journalist (1952)
* [[Ahmet Emin Yalman]], Turkish journalist (1952)
* [[Arthur H. Compton]], Chancellor of Washington University (1950)
* [[C. V. Raman]], Scientist
* [[Ahmad Matin-Daftari]], Ex-Prime Minister of Iran (1952)
* [[Sachin Pilot]], Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
* [[Teesta Setalvad]], Indian Civil Rights activist and journalist (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaiswal|first=Anuja|date=2018-03-13|title=After 35 years, AMUSU gives life membership to a woman, felicitates Teesta Setalvad|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/-after-35-years-amusu-gives-life-membership-to-a-woman-felicitates-teesta-setalvad/articleshow/63275278.cms|access-date=2021-11-14|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
* Asghar Hikmat, Iranian politician (1944)
* [[E. M. Forster]] and many more are also life members of the union<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/jinnah-portrait-at-aligarh-muslim-university-sparks-row|title = Jinnah Portrait at Aligarh Muslim University Sparks Row}}</ref>

==Notable alumni ==
* [[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]], M.P, 9 times M.L.A. and Cabinet Minister was an Honorary Secretary of the union.
* [[Mohammad Adeeb]], Rajya Sabha M.P was a President of Union.
* [[Arif Mohammad Khan]], Governor of Kerala, was a President and Honorary Secretary of the Union in 1972-73 and 1971-72 respectively.
*[[Nafees Ahmad]], Minister of State, M.L.A. was the President of Union.
*[[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]], Former [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] was the Honorary Secretary of Union.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3497.htm|access-date=2020-09-17|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Aligarh Muslim University Media Network]]
* [[AMU Journal]]
* [[Aligarh Muslim University]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://www.amu.ac.in/amusu.jsp}}

{{Aligarh Muslim University}}

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