Read the extract from a Lahore school magazine, written in 1887: "After 1857, many Muslim families avoided new government schools because they feared that W...
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Read the extract from a Lahore school magazine, written in 1887: "After 1857, many Muslim families avoided new government schools because they feared that Western learning would weaken Islam. Jobs in the administration increasingly required English." A researcher is investigating why Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. The researcher wants to judge how education helped the Muslim community in British India after the failure of the 1857 uprising.
(a) Identify the college founded by Sir Syed at Aligarh in 1875. [2]
(b) Explain two reasons why Sir Syed encouraged Muslims to take modern education. [4]
(c) Analyse how the Aligarh Movement contributed to later Muslim political awareness in the subcontinent. [6]
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(a) Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College [1]; Aligarh [1] (b) Any two explained: Muslims needed English and modern qualifications for government employment [2]; education would reduce Muslim social and economic backwardness after 1857 [2]; it would produce informed Muslim leaders able to represent community interests [2]. (c) Any three developed points: college educated a Muslim professional and political elite [2]; Aligarh promoted separate Muslim interests and confidence in Islamic identity [2]; its graduates and associated writers supported organised Muslim political activity, including the Muslim League [2]; Sir Syed's warning about Hindu numerical majority encouraged the idea that Muslims needed their own safeguards [2]. Max [6]
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