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The Aligarh Institute Gazette (Template:Langx) was the first multilingual journal of India, introduced, edited, and published in 1866 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan[1][2] which was read widely across the country.[3] Theodore Beck later became its editor.[4] In 1921, it was renamed the Muslim University Gazette, then later Aligarh Muslim University Gazette and AMU Gazette.

History

In 1864, a building named the Aligarh Institute was erected for the Scientific Society of Aligarh, which launched its journal Aligarh Institute Gazette in the same year.[5] A joint mouthpiece of the Scientific Society and the Institute the journal came into weekly circulation from 30 March 1866 with the slogan "To permit the liberty of the Press is the part of a wise Government; to preserve it is the part of a free people."[6][7] Part of the Gazette's contents were printed in Urdu alone, part in English, and a portion also in both languages.[8] The editorial team was composed of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Honorary Editor, Munshi Mohammad Yaar Khan as Editor, Munshi Chaukhan Lal as translator, Babu Durga Prashad as translator and Shaikh Fida Ali as Librarian and distribution incharge.[9] The Aligarh Institute Gazette had a circulation of four hundred but played a key role in mobilizing the people and convey the message of the Society.[10][11]

In 1871 William Wilson Hunter, a British civil servant in Bengal, published his famous book The Indian Mussalmans, in which he raised questions about the loyalty of the Muslims to the British government and referred to the earlier military campaigns of Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi to establish Muslim rule. Sir Syed's reaction to this book is described as follows:

"Sir Syed Ahmad Khan took Hunter's book very seriously, and vehemently criticized its contents by publishing a review on it. In the review he tried to argue that the jihad movement of Sayyid Ahmad [Barelvi] and his followers was directed solely against the Sikh rule in the Punjab and that it had nothing to do with the British government in India. He adopted an apologetic tone to convince the British authorities that the Indian Muslims, including the followers of Sayyid Ahmad [Barelvi], were not opposed to the British rule. 'The articles of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, which were published in The Pioneer and in the Aligarh Institute Gazette, refuted William Hunter's ideas alleging that there was a widespread conspiracy among the Indian Muslims. He tried to convince the English readers and the British authorities that the accounts of William Hunter about the followers of Sayyid Ahmad and their jihad movement were not based on facts.'[12]

By 1876 the paper was jubilantly reporting the changing spirit of times.[13]

Old archives (till 1944) of the Gazette can be found at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: A Political Biography{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Meenaksi Parkashan(1969)
  2. ↑ PRINT CULTURE- Sir Syed's Aligarh Institute Gazette, 1866–97{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Primus Books(2015). ISBN 978-93-84082-29-1
  3. ↑ Write back!. The Hindu(20 August 2015).
  4. ↑ An Advanced History of Modern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Macmillan India(2010). ISBN 978-0-230-32885-3
  5. ↑ The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Anthem Press(1 March 2015). ISBN 978-1-78308-388-6
  6. ↑ Rise of Muslims in Indian politics: an analysis of developments from 1885 to 1906{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Somaiya Publications(1986)
  7. ↑ Fundamenta Scientiae{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Pergamon Press(1985)
  8. ↑ Descriptive and Historical Account of the Aligarh District{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1875)
  9. ↑ Education and Politics: From Sir Syed to the Present Day : the Aligarh School{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. APH Publishing(2002). ISBN 978-81-7648-275-2
  10. ↑ The Cambridge History of Islam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(21 April 1977). ISBN 978-0-521-29137-8
  11. ↑ Foundations of Pakistan: 1906-1924{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research Center of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University(2007). ISBN 978-969-415-078-9
  12. ↑ 19th century Indian Ulama repudiated Jihad against British rule.
  13. ↑ Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge
  14. ↑ List of positive microfilms. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

Further reading

  • Print Culture: Sir Syed's Aligarh Institute Gazette 1866-1897{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Primus Books(10 July 2015). ISBN 978-93-84082-29-1 Template:Small

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