Facts about India-Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

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Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is an Indian public central university. It was established as Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind in 1875. It was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875,

The college started on 24 May 1875. it became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. In addition to this it has its three off-campus centres at Malappuram (Kerala), Murshidabad (West Bengal) and Kishanganj(Bihar). 

Before 1939, faculty members and students supported an all-India nationalist movement. After 1939, political sentiment shifted toward support for a Muslim separatist movement. Students and faculty mobilised behind Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the became a center of Pakistan Movement.