Anglo-Oriental School at Aligarh was started in 1875 by _________.

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

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Sir Mirza Ismail

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Solution

The correct option is A Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875. The college started as a primary school on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24 May 1875 known as Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School. It was established as Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind in 1875 and after two years it became Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. The Anglo–Indian statesman Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the predecessor of AMU, the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 having already established two schools. The movement of Muslim awakening associated with Syed Ahmad Khan and M.A.O. College came to be known as Aligarh Movement.

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List-I	List-II
A. Swami Vivekananda	(i) Theosophical Society $(1882)$
B. H P Blavatsky	(ii) Ramakrishna Mission $(1887)$
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan	(iii) Ahmadiya Movement $(1891)$
D. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad	(iv) Aligarh Movement $(1875)$
E. Annie Besant	(v) Central Hindu College, Varanasi $(1898)$