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May 1875 : Inauguration
of the School at Sami Manzil situated at Jail Road, Aligarh
this house was originally owned by Sir Syed later on it was
sold to Maulvi Samiullah. The managing committee of the school
was presided by Maulvi Mohd. Karim. Mr. Hamidullah Khan
was admitted as the first student at the age of eleven. |
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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. |
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June 1875 : Mr.
H.G.I. Siddons took over as Head Master of the School on a salary
of Rs. 400/- per month.
Mr. Baijnath Prasad was appointed as Second Master along
with Maulvi Abul Hasan, Maulana Mohd. Akbar, Syed Jafer Ali,
Maulvi Najaf Ali etc.
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November 1875 : Sir
William Muir, Lt. 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. |
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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. |
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November 1877 : Syed
Ahmed Khulusi Effendi, the Ambassador of Turkey visited the
College. |
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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. |
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January 1878 : Intermediate
classes started and the college affiliated to the Calcutta University
for F.A. Examination. |
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January 1878 : Sir
Richard Temple, Governor of Bombay paid a visit to the college. |
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December 1880 : Sir
John Strachey, the Lt. Governor of U.P. paid a visit on the
eve of his retirement from ICS. |
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January 1881 : Four
students appeared in the B.A. Examination.
Mr. Ishwari Prasad was the first student to pass the
examination. |
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February 1883 : Sir
Alfred Lyall, Lt. Governor of U.P. visited the College and declared
open the newly constructed classrooms. |
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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. |
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1884
: Foundation
Stone of the Victoria Gate was laid.
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December 1886 All
India Mohammedan Educational Conference was inaugurated. |
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January 1887 : A
deputation of the College Fund Committee called upon the Nizam
of Hyderabad, Mr. Mehboob Ali Khan, to seek the permission to
dedicate the College Museum to him. |
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November 1887 : The
College was affiliated to Allahabad University. |
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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. |
