The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union (AMUSU) is the official Students' Union of the

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

, Aligarh,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union is the university-wide representative body for students and is autonomous in nature. It works according to their own Constitution written by Amin A. Bulbuliya. It is primarily responsible for building and preserving a healthy political culture and an atmosphere of open debates on the campus. Students are kept informed about the public meetings, discussions and other issues through pamphlets and notices.

History

It was established as a Students' Debating Society named after the first principal

Henry George Impey Siddons Henry George Impey Siddons (1851 – 18 September 1936) was an Indian educationist. He was born in Indore, India and died on 18 September 1936 at Bath, Somerset, England. Career Siddons was educated at the Oxford University and then he returned ...

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College ( ur, Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, italics=yes) was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Muhammed ...

, the parent body of Aligarh Muslim University, on the model of Cambridge Union Society. The club was started in 1884 at Strachey Hall, located at the college premises. Debates of various issues related to Muslims of India and the world used to be conducted in the

Siddons Union Club Siddons Union Club, commonly referred to as 'The Siddons Union', was established in the year 1884 at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, the present day Aligarh Muslim University. The club was named after Henry George Impey Siddons, the first pri ...

. The club had enthusiasm among the students of the M.A.O. College for its debates and English Style Club used to inculcate the debating skills and knowledge of English Language among the students. The founder, Sir

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considered competence in English and "debating skills" necessary for maintaining Muslims' political influence, especially in Northern India. Khan's image for the college was based on his visit to Oxford and Cambridge and he wanted to establish an education system similar to the British model.

List of presidents

The Union Presidents of the last 20 years are as follows. * Nadim Asrar (1999 - 2000) * Naseem Ashraf (2004 - 2005) * Abdul Hafeez (2005 - 2006) * Mr. Nafees Ahmad (2006 - 2007) * Abu Affan Farooqui (2010 - 2011) * Syed Sharique Ahmad (2011 - 2012) * Shahzad Alam Barni (2012 - 2013) * Abdullah Azzam (2014 - 2015) * Faizul Hasan (2016-2017) * Mr. Maksoor Ahmad Usmani (2017-2018) * Salman Imtiyaz (2018-2019)

List of vice presidents

* S.M. Haider Ali Khan (Asad) (1991-92) * Mazin Hussain Zaidi (2006–07) * Tauseef Alam (2012–13) * Syed Masoodul Hasan (2014-15) * Nadeem Ansari (2016–17) *Sajjad Subhan Rather (2017–18) *Hamza Sufyan (2018–19)

List of Honorary Secretaries

* Farrukh Khan (2005 - 2006) *Aamir Qutub (2010-11) * Nabeel Usmani (2016–17) *Mohd Fahad (2017–18) * Huzaifa Aamir Rashadi (2018-2019 )

Lifetime members

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was the first life member of the union and was conferred upon him on 1920. *

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, Muslim poet and philosopher (1929) *

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, Pashtun freedom fighter (1934) *

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, Founder of Pakistan (1938) *

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, Ex-Prime Minister of India (1948) * *

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, King of Saudi Arabia (1955) *

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, Social Worker (1983) *

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, Tibetan spiritual leader (1998) *

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, Ex-President of Egypt (1955) *

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, King of Afghanistan (1958) *

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, President of Egypt (1960) *

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, Egyptian Revolutionary (1955) *

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, Queen of Iran (1956) * Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Ex-President of India (1951) * V.V. Giri, Former President of India (1958) *

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, Indian Activist *

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, Turkish Journalist (1952) *

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, Scientist *

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, Ex-Prime Minister of Iran (1952) *

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, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. *

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and many more are also life members of the union

Notable alumni

* Azam Khan, M.P, 9 times M.L.A. and Cabinet Minister was an Honorary Secretary of the union. * Mohammad Adeeb, Rajya Sabha M.P was a President of Union. *

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, Governor of Kerala, was a President and Honorary Secretary of the Union in 1972-73 and 1971-72 respectively. * Nafees Ahmad, Minister of State, M.L.A. was the President of Union. * Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Former

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in the

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was the Honorary Secretary of Union.

References

External links

* {{Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University 1884 establishments in India Student organisations in India Organizations established in 1884