Aligarh Muslim University

Timeline

24 May 1875: Inauguration of the school (Madarsatul Uloom) at Sami Manzil, Jail Road, Aligarh presided by Maulvi Mohd. Karim, president of the Managing Committee. Maulvi Samiullah's son Hamidullah Khan admitted as the first student.
1 June 1875: Boarding House started with seven students on the roll with a budget of Rs. 989/- per month. Managing Committee consisted of Maulvi Samiullah, Chiragh Ali, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Syed Mahmud, Raja Jaikishan Das, Nawab Ziauddin Khan and Maulvi Ahsan Nanotavi, etc.
28 June 1875: H.G.I. Siddons took over as headmaster on a salary of Rs. 400/- per month. Baijnath Prasad was appointed as second master with Maulvi Abul Hasan, Maulana Mohd. Akbar, Syed Jafer Ali, Maulvi Najaf Ali etc.
12 November 1875: Sir William Muir, lieutenant governor of U.P. visited the institution. He was presented with an address of welcome on behalf of the school in which the scheme of the college was described in detail.
6 December 1875: H.H. Mahindra Singh, the maharaja of Patiala, accompanied by his chief minister Khalifa Muhammed Hasan, paid a visit to the school and announced a grant of Rs. 1,800/- per annum. He was appointed the first visitor of the institution.
8 November 1877: Syed Ahmed Khulusi Effendi, the ambassador of Turkey visited the college.
8 January 1877: Lord Lytton, the viceroy and governor general of India laid the foundation stone of the M.A.O. College. Raja Shambhu Narayan Singh, Raja Jai Kishan Das, Rao Kishan Kumar and others were also present.
1 January 1878: Intermediate classes started and the college affiliated to the Calcutta University for F.A. examination.
12 January 1878: Sir Richard Temple, governor of Bombay paid a visit.
10 December 1880: Sir John Strachey, the lieutenant governor of U.P. paid a visit on the eve of his retirement from ICS.

1 January 1881: Four students appeared in the B.A. examination. Ishwari Prasad was the first student to pass.

5 February 1883: Sir Alfred Lyall, lieutenant governor of U.P. visited and declared open the newly constructed classrooms.
26 August 1884: Students' Union (Siddons Union Club) was inaugurated under the presidentship of Theodore Beck. Khwaja Sajjad Husain was declared vice president and Syed Mohammed Ali secretary of the Union.
1884: Foundation stone of the Victoria Gate was laid.
22 December 1886: All India Mohammedan Educational Conference was inaugurated.
3 January 1887: A deputation of the College Fund Committee called upon the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mehboob Ali Khan, to seek the permission to dedicate the college museum to him.
16 November 1887: The college was affiliated to Allahabad University.
1 January 1888: Sir John Edge, the first vice chancellor of the Allahabad University visited the college on the occasion of the anniversary of the Siddons Union Club.
24 July 1888: Sir Asman Jah Bahadur, prime minister of Hyderabad visited.
6 February 1889: Sir Syed with his friends staged a drama in Aligarh Exhibition to raise funds for the college.
21 December 1889: Trustee Bill passed and Board of Trustees replaced the College Fund Committee. Sir Syed was elected life honorary secretary and Syed Mahmud life joint secretary.
November 1890: Duty Society was inaugurated at the initiative of Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan.
1891: Aligarh Magazine started its publication under the editorship of Maulana Shibli Nomani.
25June 1891: The brotherhood or 'The Ikhwanussafa' was set up. Its membership was open to the present and past AMU students and teachers. It was later on converted into Old Boys' Association.
29 December 1891: The chief justice of Allahabad, Douglas Straight, visited to inaugurate the law classes.
12 November 1894: The lieutenant governor, Sir Charles Crosthwait, performed the opening ceremony of Strachey Hall.
7 August 1895: Sir Allen Cadell, governor of U.P. visited and presided over the annual prize distribution function. (Sir) Ziauddin received the Strachey Gold Medal for securing Honours in Mathematics.
27 March 1898: Sir Syed breathed his last at 10 P.M. His funeral prayer was performed in the cricket ground on 28 March.
31 March 1898: Efforts started to make the college a Muslim university by Sahabzada Aftab Ahmad Khan.
31 January 1899: Mohsinul Mulk appointed secretary of M.A.O. College and Syed Mahmud was granted Life presidentship.
2 July 1901: H. H. Siyaji Rao Gaikwad of Baroda visited.
10 August 1903: A deputation headed by Mir Wilayat Husain was sent to Iran, on whose persuasion 12 students from the royal family came to study at Aligarh.
7 March 1906: Prince of Wales visited the College and Science Section was established. Sir Adamji Peer Bhoi of Bombay donated Rs. One Lakh ten thousand. H.H. Agha Khan and Raja Saheb of Mahmoodabad gave Rs. 36 thousand cash and a grant of Rs. 64,611 per annum to the College.
1 October 1906: A delegation headed by Agha Khan called upon Lord Minto, the Viceroy and Governor General of India in Shimla to seek help in establishing a Muslim University.
16 January 1907: His Majesty Habeebullah Khan, Shah of Afghanistan visited the College and announced a grant of Rs. 20,000.
10 February 1907: Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah established Girls' School, which in 1921 became a High School and was recognized as Undergraduate College in 1937.
1907: Students strike against European Staff.
1 December 1907: Nawab Viqarul Mulk was appointed Secretary of the College.
20 July 1908: Government handed over General Peron's residence, Sahib Bagh, built in 1803 to the College, which after some alteration became Sulaiman Hall.
13 November 1909: Mir Imam Baksh of Talpur, ruler of Khairpur Sindh visited the College and donated a property of Rs 500 per month. So impressed was he by the high standard of the College that he decided to admit his son to this college.
15 December 1909: Mr J. C. Gupta, Member of the Indian Council visited and was highly impressed by the secular character of the College.
1 January 1910: Sir Pratap Singh Inder Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir donated Rs 2,000 to the college during his visit.
18 March 1910: Mr. Chirol, Foreign Editor of The Times visited the College.
10 January 1911: A Committee constituted to establish Muslim University with Sir Agha Khan as the President and Nawab Viqarul Mulk as Hony. Secretary. Nawab Muzammilullah Khan, Haji Mohd. Musa Khan, Shaikh Mohd. Abdullah and Mr. Shaukat Ali were appointed Joint Secretaries.
16 February 1911: University Constitution Committee was formed and held its first meeting at Lucknow.
9 June 1912: Sir Rameshwar Singh, Maharaja of Darbhanga, who was the President of B.H.U. Committee, visited the College.
21 July 1912: The Trustees accepted Nawab Viqarul Mulk's resignation and unanimously elected Nawab Ishaq Khan as Secretary.
27 February 1914: Begum Sultan Jahan of Bhopal laid the foundation stone of the Educational Conference Building which she declared open on *19.2.1916.
25 July 1914: The main gate of the College was named as Victoria Gate.
Feb 1915: The Mosque was formally declared open.
6 January 1917: Mrs. Sarojni Naidu delivered a lecture on 'the glories of Islam and the Hindu-Muslim amity' at Strachey Hall.
29 January 1918: The Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Usman Ali Khan, visited the College and donated Rs one lakh for Arabic teaching and Rs five thousand for renovating rooms of the hostel named later as Osmania hostel.
25 October 1920: Mahatma Gandhi visited the College and was made the first Honorary Life Member of the Students' Union.
29 October 1920: Inauguration of Jamia Millia Islamia at University Mosque. Shaikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan presided over the function.
16 November 1926: His Highness Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal laid the foundation stone of Science College. Government of India donated Rs. 15 Lakh and Nizam of Hyderabad also donated Rs. 10 Lakh to the University.
27 October 1927: The Chancellor appointed an Enquiry Commission on the University affairs headed by Sir Ibrahim Rehmatullah on the recommendation of PVC. Sir Ziauddin resigned on 27 April 1928.
27 November 1927: William Marris, Governor of U.P. inaugurated Ahmadi School for the Blind.
24 November 1928: Allama Iqbal conferred with the life membership of the AMU Students' Union.
20 September 1931: Dr. C.V.Raman, noted scientist conferred with the D.Sc. (Honoris causa)
14 November 1933: At its 12th Annual Convocation the University awarded its first Doctorate to Dr. Omar Farooq in Chemistry.
1934: Frontier Leader Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, an alumnus, visited his alma mater.
1934: Jawahar Lal Nehru visited Aligarh Muslim University.
30 April 1934: Sir Ross Masood resigned from the post of Vice Chancellor.
1935: The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Usman Ali Khan elected Chancellor of the University.
1936: The university acquired Aligarh Fort.
5 February 1938: Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, President, All India Muslim League visited AMU.
23 January 1938: Sir Agha Khan laid the foundation stone of Technical Laboratories.
8 March 1941: Nawab Kamal Yar Jung inaugurated Agha Khan Workshop. B.Sc. (Engineering) classes started.
15 December 1948: C. Rajgopalacharya, Governor General of India visited the University.
11 October 1951: The Parliament passed the AMU Amendment Act.
8 December 1951: The President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad delivered the Convocation Address.
3 January 1952: The Health Minister, Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur, laid the foundation stone of the Institute of Ophthalmology.
6 November 1955: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of Maulana Azad Library, which was inaugurated by him on 6 December 1960.
3 December 1955: His Majesty Shah Saud Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia visited the University. The University conferred upon him the degree of Doctorate of law (Honoris Causa).
25 February 1956: In a special Convocation, the University conferred the degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) upon Shah of Iran, Raza Shah Pehalvi.
21 May 1956: A delegation led by Dr. Zakir Husain visited Saudi Arabia and Shah Saud donated Rs. one million for the establishment of Medical College.
17 February 1958: His Majesty Zahir Shah of Afghanistan was conferred with LL.D. (Honoris Causa).
1 April 1960: Jamal Abdul Nasser, President of United Arab Republic visited the institution.
8 November 1960: Mr. C.D. Deshmukh, Chairman, University Grants Commission laid the foundation stone of General Education Centre (Kennedy House) with a donation of Rs. 22 Lakhs by Ford Foundation, U.S.A.