Sir Syed’s death anniversary today
KARACHI: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the reformer, educationist and author is being remembered today at his death anniversary today.
Sir Syed was born in Delhi, India on 17th October, 1817. He was great Muslim educator, jurist and author, founder of the Anglo-Mohammedan Oriental College at Aligarh, UP, India, and principal motivating force behind the revival of Indian Islam in the late 19th century.
His prominent works in Urdu, include Essays on the Life of Muhammad (PBUH) and commentaries on the Bible and on the Quran.
Sir Syed was made a Knight Commander of the Star of India in 1888. Syed Ahmed had a versatile personality, and his position in the judicial department left him time to be active in many fields.
His career as an author (in Urdu) started at the age of 23 with religious tracts. In 1847 he brought out a noteworthy book, Athar Assandid (“Monuments of the Great”), on the antiquities of Delhi. He began establishing schools, at Muradabad (1858) and Ghazipur (1863). A more ambitious undertaking was the foundation of the Scientific Society, which published translations of many educational texts and issued a bilingual journal – in Urdu and English.
In the late 1860s there occurred developments that were alert the course of his activities. In 1867 he has transferred to Benares, a city on the Ganges with great religious significance for Hindus. At about the same time a movement started at Benares to replace Urdu, the language cultivated by the Muslims, with Hindi.
This movement and the attempts to substitute Hind for Urdu publications of the Scientific Society convinced Syed that the paths of the Hindus and the Muslims must diverge. During a visit to England (1869-70) he prepared plans for a great educational institution. On his return he set up a committee for the purpose and also started an influential journal, Tahdhib al-Akhlaq (“Social Reform”), for the “uplift and reform the Muslim”.
A Muslim school was established at Aligarh in May 1875, and after his retirement in 1876, Syed devoted himself to enlarging it into a college. In January 1977 the Viceroy laid the foundation stone of the college. In 1886 Syed organised the All-India Muhammadan Educational Conference, which met annually at different places to promote education and to provide the Muslims with a common platform.
Until the founding of the Muslim League in 1906, it was the principal national centre of Indian Islam. Syed advised the Muslims against joining active politics and to concentrate instead on education. Muslims, generally, followed his advice and abstained from politics until several years later when they had established their own political organisation i.e. Muslim League.
This great scholar and leader died on 27th March, 1898, at Aligarh, India. TrendPK
Khloe Kardashian Engagement Ring
September 26, 2009 by Trend PK
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Khloe Kardashian Engagement Ring, 25-year-old celebrity-socialite is photographed wearing her engagement band while having a Starbucks run in Los Angeles.
Back on Tuesday, September 22, Khloe Kardashian confirmed the brewing talks that she will wed boyfriend Lamar Odom this weekend. In a post on her Celebuzz blog, she wrote “Hi dolls. I’m thrilled to finally be able to tell you that the news is true… Lamar and I are getting married on Sunday!!! I couldn’t be happier and I’m so excited that I can finally share the news with all of you.”
On Thursday night, September 24, Khloe had a low-key bachelorette party at Santa Monica’s Viceroy hotel. Lounging poolside, she was accompanied by her family and friends. Later that night, she also enjoyed a dinner at the hotel’s restaurant Whist.
Her fiance, Lamar, also had a bachelor party at separate place. The basketball star celebrated at STK restaurant in Los Angeles with some friends, including some of his L.A. Lakers teammates. Kim’s brother Robert Kardashian Jr. and soon-to-be brother in law Scott Disick, the father of Kourtney Kardashian’s baby, were also in attendance. The group then partied the night away at West Hollywood club Guys and Dolls.
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