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The Scientific Society of Aligarh was a literary society founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan at Aligarh, India. The main objectives of the society were to translate Western works on arts and science into vernacular languages and promote western education among the masses.^[1]

History

On 9 January 1864 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan formed a translation society called Scientific Society at Ghazipur with the goal of translating scientific books of English and other European languages into Urdu and Hindi.^[2] The first meeting was held in January 1864 under the president ship of Mr. A. B. Spate, the then Collector of Ghazipur.^[3] This society was moved in April 1864 to Aligarh and henceforth also known as the Scientific Society of Aligarh.^[2] The society sought to promote liberal, modern education and Western scientific knowledge in the Muslim community in India. The society was modelled after the Royal Society and the Royal Asiatic Society. Sir Syed assembled Muslim scholars from different parts of the country and the society held annual conferences, disbursed funds for educational causes and regularly published a journal on scientific subjects in English and Urdu.^[4]

Many of the essays he wrote during this time were on topics like the solar system, plant and animal life, human evolution, etc^{[citation needed]}. In many ways, Sir Syed tried to bridge the gap between religion and science.^{[original research?]}

Members

Jai Kishan Das, close Hindu associate of Sir Syed served as its secretary from 1867 till 1874.^[5]^[6]^[7] He was also nominated as Co-President of The Society for life.^[8] Other active members of the society included Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Nawab Abdul Latif, Zakaullah Dehlvi, Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, and Kunwar Luft Ali Khan of Chhattari.^[1] The society also appointed two translators; Babu Ganga Prasad was an English translator and Moulvi Faiyazul Hasan was the vernacular translator.^[9]

Institute

The Aligarh Scientific Society had a library and a reading room of its own. The books were mainly donated to the Society by different Indian as well as foreign gentlemen.

Sir Syed himself donated a large number of books to the library. The Society subscribed to forty-four journals and magazines in 1866. Of those, 18 were in English and rest in Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. It exchanged its publication with similar societies like the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge founded by Pandit Harsokh Rai at Lahore and the Mohammedan Literary Society founded by Nawab Abdul Latif at Calcutta. It also exchanged its journal with the publications of the Bengal Asiatic Society, Calcutta.^[10]

Publications

Aligarh Institute Gazette was the journal of the society.^[11] It was the first bilingual journal of India.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Azmi, Arshad Ali (1969). "The Aligarh Scientific Society 1864-1867". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 31: 414–420. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44138412.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Scientific Society | Aligarh Movement". aligarhmovement.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
^ Kidwai, Shafey (3 December 2020). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-000-29773-7.
^ Singh, M. K. (2009). Encyclopaedia of Indian War of Independence, 1857-1947: Muslims and other freedom fighters : C. Rajgopalachari, M.M. Malviya, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Syed Ahmed Khan, R.K. Kidwai and M.A. Ansari. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-261-3745-9.
^ "Remembering Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great educationist and secular nationalist". India TV News. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ Dildār ʻAlī Farmān Fatiḥpūrī; Dild−ar ʻAl−i Farm−an Fatiḥp−ur−i (1987). Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict. Sang-e-Meel Publications.
^ Muhammad Moj (1 March 2015). The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies. Anthem Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-78308-388-6.
^ Fatiḥpūrī, Dildār ʻAlī Farmān; Fatiḥp−ur−i, Dild-ar ʻAl−i Farm−an (1 January 1987). Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict. Sang-e-Meel Publications.
^ Kidwai, Shafey (3 December 2020). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation. Taylor & Francis. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-000-29773-7.
^ "NPTEL :: Humanities and Social Sciences - Science, Technology and Society" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Moj, Muhammad (1 March 2015). The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781783083886.

External links

[1]

[scientificsociety-1] Azmi, Arshad Ali (1969). "The Aligarh Scientific Society 1864-1867". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 31: 414–420. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44138412.

[aligarhmovement.com-2] "Scientific Society | Aligarh Movement". aligarhmovement.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[3] Kidwai, Shafey (3 December 2020). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-000-29773-7.

[4] Singh, M. K. (2009). Encyclopaedia of Indian War of Independence, 1857-1947: Muslims and other freedom fighters : C. Rajgopalachari, M.M. Malviya, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Syed Ahmed Khan, R.K. Kidwai and M.A. Ansari. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-261-3745-9.

[:0-5] "Remembering Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great educationist and secular nationalist". India TV News. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[FatiḥpūrīFatiḥp−ur−i1987-6] Dildār ʻAlī Farmān Fatiḥpūrī; Dild−ar ʻAl−i Farm−an Fatiḥp−ur−i (1987). Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict. Sang-e-Meel Publications.

[Moj2015-7] Muhammad Moj (1 March 2015). The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies. Anthem Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-78308-388-6.

[8] Fatiḥpūrī, Dildār ʻAlī Farmān; Fatiḥp−ur−i, Dild-ar ʻAl−i Farm−an (1 January 1987). Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict. Sang-e-Meel Publications.

[9] Kidwai, Shafey (3 December 2020). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation. Taylor & Francis. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-000-29773-7.

[10] "NPTEL :: Humanities and Social Sciences - Science, Technology and Society" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[11] Moj, Muhammad (1 March 2015). The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781783083886.

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+{{Short description|Literary society founded in India in 1864}}
-The '''Scientific Society of Aligarh''' was an organisation founded by [[Syed Ahmed Khan|Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]] in 1864.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC&pg=PA26&dq=%22Scientific+Society+of+Aligarh%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBoQ6AEwADgKahUKEwi4hLrhpqvIAhVSjo4KHfBXBmE#v=onepage&q=%22Scientific%20Society%20of%20Aligarh%22&f=false | title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic Vol 1 | publisher=ABC-CLIO | author=Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long | year=2011 | pages=26 | isbn=9780313374630}}</ref> In 1862, Syed formed a Translation Society which used to translate the scientific works of English and other European languages into Urdu and Hindi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Remembering Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great educationist and secular nationalist|url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/sir-syed-ahmed-khan-birthday-amu-founder-educationist-55343.html|website = India TV News|accessdate = 2015-10-17|language = en}}</ref> This society later evolved into the Scientific Society of Aligarh.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=RLYlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Scientific+Society+of+Aligarh%22&dq=%22Scientific+Society+of+Aligarh%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwi864vlqavIAhUCQI4KHVMpAGI | title=Trends in Scientific Terminology | publisher=National Bureau of Educational Publications | author=Om Prakash Sharma | year=1962}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=VZASRKBTI9kC&pg=PR21&dq=%22Scientific+Society+of+Aligarh%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBDgKahUKEwi864vlqavIAhUCQI4KHVMpAGI#v=onepage&q=%22Scientific%20Society%20of%20Aligarh%22&f=false | title=Political Profile of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan: A Documentary Record | publisher=Adam Publishers | author=Hafeez Malik | year=1993 | pages=21 |isbn=9788174351029}}</ref> The society sought to promote liberal, modern education and Western scientific knowledge in the [[Muslim]] community in [[India]].
+{{Aligarh Movement}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
+{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
+The '''Scientific Society of Aligarh''' was a literary society founded by [[Syed Ahmad Khan|Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]] at [[Aligarh]], India. The main objectives of the society were to translate Western works on arts and science into vernacular languages and promote western education among the masses.<ref name=scientificsociety>{{Cite journal|last=Azmi|first=Arshad Ali|title=The Aligarh Scientific Society 1864-1867|date=1969|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44138412|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=31|pages=414–420|jstor=44138412|issn=2249-1937}}</ref>
+==History==
-Many of the essays he wrote during this time were on topics like the solar system, plant and animal life, human evolution, etc. In many ways Sir Syed tried to bridge the gap between religion and science.
+On 9 January 1864 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan formed a translation society called Scientific Society at Ghazipur with the goal of translating scientific books of English and other European languages into Urdu and Hindi.<ref name="aligarhmovement.com">{{Cite web|url=http://aligarhmovement.com/Institutions/scientific_society|access-date=2020-12-25|website=aligarhmovement.com|title=Scientific Society &#124; Aligarh Movement}}</ref> The first meeting was held in January 1864 under the president ship of Mr. A. B. Spate, the then Collector of Ghazipur.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kidwai|first=Shafey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLIHEAAAQBAJ&q=sir+syed+ahmad+khan+reason+religion|title=Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation|date=2020-12-03|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-29773-7|language=en|page=45}}</ref> This society was moved in April 1864 to Aligarh and henceforth also known as the Scientific Society of Aligarh.<ref name="aligarhmovement.com"/> The society sought to promote liberal, modern education and Western scientific knowledge in the [[Muslim]] community in [[India]]. The society was modelled after the [[Royal Society]] and the [[Royal Asiatic Society]]. Sir Syed assembled Muslim scholars from different parts of the country and the society held annual conferences, disbursed funds for educational causes and regularly published a journal on scientific subjects in [[English language|English]] and Urdu.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=M. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1QwAQAAIAAJ&q=scientific+society+aligarh+royal+asiatic+society|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian War of Independence, 1857-1947: Muslims and other freedom fighters : C. Rajgopalachari, M.M. Malviya, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Syed Ahmed Khan, R.K. Kidwai and M.A. Ansari|date=2009|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-261-3745-9|language=en}}</ref>
+Many of the essays he wrote during this time were on topics like the solar system, plant and animal life, human evolution, etc{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}. In many ways, Sir Syed tried to bridge the gap between religion and science.{{original research inline|date=December 2022}}
-[[Jai Kishan Das]], close [[Hindu]] associate of Sir Syed served as its secretary from 1867 till 1874.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="FatiḥpūrīFatiḥp−ur−i1987">{{cite book|author1=Dildār ʻAlī Farmān Fatiḥpūrī|author2=Dild−ar ʻAl−i Farm−an Fatiḥp−ur−i|title=Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wc61AAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications}}</ref><ref name="Moj2015">{{cite book|author=Muhammad Moj|title=The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TLi2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|date=1 March 2015|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-1-78308-388-6|pages=47–}}</ref> He was also nominated as Co-President of The Society for life.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wc61AAAAIAAJ|title=Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict|last=Fatiḥpūrī|first=Dildār ʻAlī Farmān|last2=Fatiḥp−ur−i|first2=Dild-ar ʻAl−i Farm−an|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|language=en}}</ref>
+==Members==
-The Aligarh Scientific Society had a library and a reading room of its own. The books were mainly donated to the Society by different  Indian as well as foreign gentlemen.
+[[Jai Kishan Das]], close [[Hindu]] associate of Sir Syed served as its secretary from 1867 till 1874.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-10-17|title=Remembering Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great educationist and secular nationalist|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/sir-syed-ahmed-khan-birthday-amu-founder-educationist-55343.html|access-date=2015-10-17|website=India TV News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="FatiḥpūrīFatiḥp−ur−i1987">{{cite book|author1=Dildār ʻAlī Farmān Fatiḥpūrī|author2=Dild−ar ʻAl−i Farm−an Fatiḥp−ur−i|title=Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wc61AAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications}}</ref><ref name="Moj2015">{{cite book|author=Muhammad Moj|title=The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLi2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|date=1 March 2015|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-1-78308-388-6|pages=47–}}</ref> He was also nominated as Co-President of The Society for life.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wc61AAAAIAAJ|title=Pakistan movement and Hindi-Urdu conflict|last1=Fatiḥpūrī|first1=Dildār ʻAlī Farmān|last2=Fatiḥp−ur−i|first2=Dild-ar ʻAl−i Farm−an|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|language=en}}</ref> Other active members of the society included [[Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk]], [[Nawab Abdul Latif]], [[Zakaullah Dehlvi]], [[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi]], and Kunwar Luft Ali Khan of Chhattari.<ref name=scientificsociety /> The society also appointed two translators; Babu Ganga Prasad was an English translator and Moulvi Faiyazul Hasan was the vernacular translator.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kidwai|first=Shafey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLIHEAAAQBAJ&q=sir+syed+ahmad+khan+reason+religion|title=Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation|date=2020-12-03|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-29773-7|language=en|page=46}}</ref>
+==Institute==
-Sir  Syed  himself  donated  a  large  number  of  books  to  the  library.  The  Societysubscribed to forty four journals and magazines in 1866. Of those, 18 were in English and  rest  in  Urdu,  Persian,  Arabic  and  Sanskrit.  It  exchanged  its  publication  with similar  societies  like  the  Society  for  the  Diffusion  of  Useful  Knowledge  founded  by Pandit  Harsokh  Rai  at  Lahore  and  the  Mohammedan  Library  Society  founded  by Moulvi Abdul  Lateef  Khan  at  Calcutta.  It  also  exchanged  its  journal  with  the
+The Aligarh Scientific Society had a library and a reading room of its own. The books were mainly donated to the Society by different Indian as well as foreign gentlemen.
-publications of the Bengal Asiatic Society, Calcutta.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://nptel.ac.in/courses/109103024/pdf/module5/SM%20Lec%2026.pdf|title = |last = |first = |date = |journal = |doi = |pmid = |access-date = }}</ref>
+Sir  Syed  himself  donated  a  large  number  of  books  to  the  library.  The  Society subscribed to forty-four journals and magazines in 1866. Of those, 18 were in English and  rest  in  Urdu,  Persian,  Arabic  and  Sanskrit.  It  exchanged  its  publication  with similar  societies  like  the  Society  for  the  Diffusion  of  Useful  Knowledge  founded  by Pandit  Harsokh  Rai  at  Lahore  and  the  [[Mohammedan Literary Society]] founded  by [[Nawab Abdul Latif]] at  [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].  It  also  exchanged  its  journal  with  the publications of the Bengal Asiatic Society, Calcutta.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://nptel.ac.in/courses/109103024/pdf/module5/SM%20Lec%2026.pdf|title = NPTEL :: Humanities and Social Sciences - Science, Technology and Society}}</ref>
+==Publications==
-Aligarh Institute Gazette was the journal of the society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLi2BgAAQBAJ|title=The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies|last=Moj|first=Muhammad|date=2015-03-01|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781783083886|language=en}}</ref>
+[[Aligarh Institute Gazette]] was the journal of the society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLi2BgAAQBAJ|title=The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies|last=Moj|first=Muhammad|date=2015-03-01|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781783083886|language=en}}</ref> It was the first bilingual journal of India.<ref name="aligarhmovement.com"/>
 == References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-===Notes===
-{{Reflist|20em}}
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.amu.ac.in/amuhistory.jsp]
+*
-* [http://nptel.ac.in/courses/109103024/pdf/module5/SM%20Lec%2026.pdf]
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+[[Category:Scientific organizations established in 1864]]

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