The Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School or more commonly, Anglo Arabic School, is a co-educational government aided school in

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. The school is managed by Delhi Education Society. The Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Najma Akhtar is the Chairperson of Delhi Education Society and Prof. Dr. Asad Malik is the manager of the school. The Principal of the school is Mr. Mohd Wasim Ahmad. It was founded in 1696 by

Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I Mir Shahâb ud-Din Siddiqi titled Farzand-i-Arjumand, Nawab Ghazi ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Bahadur, Feroze Jung I, Sipah Salar (c. 1649–1710) was the son of Kilich Khan Khwaja Abid Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi the ''Sadr us Sudur'' of Mughal ...

History

It was initially founded by Mir Shihab-Ud-din, also known as Ghaziuddin Khan. He was a general of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, a leading Deccan commander and the father of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I, the founder of the Asaf Jahi dynasty of Hyderabad, also known as the first Nizam of Hyderabad, in 1690s, and was originally termed

Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is a historical madrasa complex located by the Ajmeri Gate in Old Delhi, India. It was founded around the 18th century by Ghaziuddin Khan I, a leading noble of the Mughal empire. Following the discontinuation of its origi ...

after him. However, with a weakening Mughal Empire, the Madrasa closed in the early 1790s, but with the support of local nobility, an oriental college for literature, science and art, was established at the site in 1792. It stood just outside the walled city of Delhi outside the Ajmeri Gate, close to the New Delhi Railway Station. It was originally surrounded by a wall and connected to the walled city fortifications and was referred to as the College Bastion. It was reorganized as the 'Anglo Arabic College' by the British East India Company in 1828 to provide, in addition to its original objectives, an education in English language and literature. The object was "to uplift" educational status of the community living in vicinity.." Behind the move was Charles Trevelyan, the brother-in-law of Thomas Babingdon Macaulay the father of modern education in India also played key role in this process of educational uplift of the society". Dr. Sprenger, then principal, presided over the founding of the college press, the Matba‘u ’l-‘Ulum and founded the first college periodical, the weekly Qiranu ’s-Sa‘dain, in 1845.

Notable alumni

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898; also Sayyid Ahmad Khan) was an Indian Muslim reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British India. Though initially espousing Hindu-Muslim unity, h ...

, founder of Aligarh Muslim University * Meem Afzal, Politician *

Muhammad Husain Azad Muhammad Husain Azad ( ur, — ; 5 May 1830 – 22 January 1910) was a scholar and an Urdu writer who wrote both prose and poetry, but he is mostly remembered for his prose. His best known work is Aab-e-Hayat ("Elixir of Life").

, writer *

Akhtar ul Iman Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for ''Dharmputra'' and 1966 for '' W ...

, poet *

Mirza Masood Mirza Nasir-ud-din Masood (23 April 1906 – 21 September 1991) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one ma ...

, hockey Olympian

Book chronicles

Anglo Arabic School at the Ajmeri Gate is in the 330th year of its foundation. Two former administrators of this educational institution have chronicled the history and legacy of one of the oldest running Muslim schools in India. The book is titled " The School at Ajmeri Gate: Delhi Educational Legacy is published by Oxford University Press. The book contains the detailed history of the school.

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* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in the 1690s High schools and secondary schools in Delhi 1949 establishments in India 1696 establishments in Asia

History

Notable alumni

Book chronicles

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