Question

Identify the person from the following description.

a. He was awarded the 'Third Class of the Star of India reward by British.

b. He had established the Translation Society in 1864.

c. He opposed the nationalism of Congress.

d. He established the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental School.

1. Barrister Muhammad Ali Jinnah
2. Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan 
3. Poet Muhammad Iqbal
4. Badruddin Tayyabji 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan 

The correct answer is Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan.

• Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan:
  • Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi, Mughal Empire.
  • He was the most eminent Muslim reformist and philosopher of the 19th century.
  • Sir Syed worked for modern scientific education for Muslims to advance their conditions.
  • He set up many educational institutes the most significant was the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (MAOC) which he set up in 1875.
    • This renamed later as the Aligarh Muslim University.
  • In 1864 Syed formed a Translation Society which used to translate the scientific books of English and other European languages into Urdu and Hindi.
    • This society later emerged into the Scientific Society of Aligarh.
  • The MAOC played an instrumental role in the Aligarh Movement of the 19th century which proved a movement of a renaissance among Indian Muslims.
  • He was awarded by knighthood because of his loyalty towards Britishers.
  • He was awarded the 'Third Class of the Star of India reward by British.
  • He opposed the nationalism of Congress.
  • Although he was of secular nature but was much worried about Muslim people education and backwardness.

• Barrister Muhammad Ali Jinnah​:
  • After completing his barrister in England he made his strong reputation in INC in the t two decades of 20th century.
  • Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947.
  • He also served as Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death.
  • By 1940, he had come to believe that Muslims of the Indian subcontinent should have their own state to avoid the possible marginalised and backward status they may gain in a Hindu-Muslim state.
  • By 1940, he had come to believe that Muslims of the Indian subcontinent should have their own state to avoid the possible marginalised and backward status they may gain in a Hindu-Muslim state.
  • In 1940 under the leadership of Jinnah Muslim league passed the resolution known as Lahore Resolution, demanding a separate nation.
  • During the Second World War, the League gained strength and in the elections held after the war, it won most of the seats reserved for Muslims.
  • Due to deadlock over this issue Congress and the Muslim League could not reach a power-sharing formula for the subcontinent to be united as a single state, leads to independence of a predominantly Hindu India, and for a Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
• ​Poet Muhammad Iqbal:
  • Muhammad Iqbal was a poet, philosopher and a political leader.
  •  He shaped the history of India and Pakistan. although his early years, Iqbal was a nationalist poet who believed in unity and tolerance.
  • With his compositions such as Tarana-i-hind; sare Jahan Se acha Hindustan Hamara. Several of his writings are about unity. But in his later years, he started getting biased towards Islam and started writing about the revival of its ancient glory. 
• Badruddin Tayyabji:
  • Badruddin Tayyabji was the first Muslim president INC. (overall third)
  • He was a lawyer, an activist and a politician.
  • He was the first Indian to practise as a lawyer in High Court of Bombay.
  • Along with Pherozeshah Mehta and Telang, he formed the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885, a body which championed Indian interests.