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

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. 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 of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, 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. 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

Syed Ahmad Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898), also spelled Sayyid Ahmad Khan, was an Indian Muslim Islamic modernist, reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British Raj, British India. Though initially esp ...

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.

Union Publications

The Aligarian magazine is an official voice of AMUSU. The magazine covers activities of the Union as well as other socio-cultural and political issues of the country in general. The President of the Union by virtue of its mandate remains its 'Censor', while the Vice President remains its 'Chief Editor', while any member from the general body is selected as 'Editor'.

List of presidents

The Union presidents of the last 20 years are as follows. * Nadim Asrar (1999–2000) * Naseem Ashraf (2004–05) * Abdul Hafeez (2005–06) * Mr. Nafees Ahmad (2006–07) * Abu Affan Farooqui (2010–11) * Syed Sharique Ahmad (2011–12) * Shahzad Alam Barni (2012–13) * Abdullah Azzam (2014–15) * Faizul Hasan (2016–17) * Mr. Maksoor Ahmad Usmani (2017–18) * Salman Imtiyaz (2018–19)

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 (2018–19)

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) * Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun freedom fighter (1934) * Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan (1938) *

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, Ex-Prime Minister of India (1948) * Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 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) * Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1958) *

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, President of Egypt (1960) * Gamal Salem, Egyptian Revolutionary (1955) * Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Queen of Iran (1956) * Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Ex-President of India (1951) * V.V. Giri, Former President of India (1958) *

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, Former Prime Minister of India (1959) * Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Noted Islamic Scholar (1959) * Sir Alexander R. Todd, Nobel Laureate in Science (1960) * Sarojini Naidu, Indian activist * Refi Cevat Ulunay, Turkish journalist (1952) * Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist (1952) * Arthur H. Compton, Chancellor of Washington University (1950) * C. V. Raman, Scientist * Ahmad Matin-Daftari, Ex-Prime Minister of Iran (1952) * Sachin Pilot, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. * Teesta Setalvad, Indian Civil Rights activist and journalist (2018) * Asghar Hikmat, Iranian politician (1944) * E. M. Forster 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. * Arif Mohammad Khan, 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 Ministry of Human Resource Development was the Honorary Secretary of Union.

References

External links

* {{Aligarh Muslim University

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