Happy Sir Syed day to all of you. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (17 October 1817—27 March 1898) The rebel, the reformer, the educationist. Today is the 198th birth anniversary of Sir SYED AHMAD Khan, founder of Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College that ultimately became Aligarh Muslim University, is one of the great personalities of 19th Century India, not only because he founded an educational institution, but because behind this achievement there was a yet larger cause which he espoused and to which, despite many turns in his career, he remained passionately devoted. That Sir Syed could go beyond the accepted discursive norms of his time in many respects (especially in religious matters) speaks volumes about his vision. More importantly, it baffles us how one single person could combine so successfully the roles of an administrator, reformer, thinker, educationalist, journalist, writer, religious scholar, devoted family man and above all a humanist. He was truly, to use Pierre Bourdieu’s coinage, a collective intellectual. The phenomenal results of his actions continue to multiply. @thephotosociety @natgeotravel @indiagram @everydayindia by classy_ahmad

Happy Sir Syed day to all of you. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (17 October 1817—27 March 1898) The rebel, the reformer, the educationist. Today is the 198th birth anniversary of Sir SYED AHMAD Khan, founder of Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College that ultimately became Aligarh Muslim University, is one of the great personalities of 19th Century India, not only because he founded an educational institution, but because behind this achievement there was a yet larger cause which he espoused and to which, despite many turns in his career, he remained passionately devoted. That Sir Syed could go beyond the accepted discursive norms of his time in many respects (especially in religious matters) speaks volumes about his vision. More importantly, it baffles us how one single person could combine so successfully the roles of an administrator, reformer, thinker, educationalist, journalist, writer, religious scholar, devoted family man and above all a humanist. He was truly, to use Pierre Bourdieu’s coinage, a collective intellectual. The phenomenal results of his actions continue to multiply. @thephotosociety @natgeotravel @indiagram @everydayindia by classy_ahmad