| The Jamia Millia Islamia is a central university located in | | | | thought it had achieved its mission, and others believed |
| Delhi. It was founded in 1920 during the Khilafat and | | | | that the institution had lost its importance with the end |
| Non-Co-operation Movements, in response to | | | | of the non-cooperation and the Khilafat movements. |
| Mahatma Gandhi's call for a boycott of all | | | | Even the university's funds dried up. At that time, |
| Government- sponsored educational institutions, and | | | | Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari and |
| was later registered in 1939 as Jamia Millia Islamia | | | | Abdul Majeed Khwaja, supported by Mahatma Gandhi, |
| Society. In 1962, it was declared as an institution | | | | shifted Jamia from Aligarh to Karol Bagh in New Delhi |
| deemed to be a University under section 3 of the | | | | in 1925. It is one of the top Universities In Delhi. |
| University Grants Commission Act, 1956. | | | | On 1 March 1935, the foundation stone for a the new |
| In Urdu language, Jamia means ‘University’, and | | | | building was laid at Okhla, New Delhi. In 1936, all |
| Millia means ‘National' .The known freedom fighter | | | | institutions of Jamia were shifted to its new campus. It |
| and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan, laid | | | | is one of the most reputed Universities in India. The |
| the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia University at | | | | university's basic emphasis was on using innovative |
| Aligarh on Friday, 29 October 1920. Hakim Ajmal Khan | | | | education methods. Today, the university provides a |
| was elected the first chancellor of the university, while | | | | large number of courses at school, undergraduate and |
| Mohammed Ali Jauhar was the first Vice-chancellor. | | | | postgraduate level. There are separate departments |
| Jamia was born amidst the political crisis and it was | | | | for Languages, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, |
| felt that it would not survive the heat of the intense | | | | Engineering and Technology, Law, Architecture, |
| political struggle for the Indian independence. It also | | | | Dentistry and Fine arts. The strength of its faculty |
| participated in the Bardoli resolution and sent volunteers | | | | members is about 614, apart from 997 staff members. |
| across the country to motivate people to fight for the | | | | It has a student strength of about 10,400. Jamia not |
| freedom of the country. As a result, the British | | | | only attracts students from different parts from India |
| government imprisoned many of its teachers and | | | | but is also a favorite educational destination for a lot of |
| students. However, after the end of the 'Khilafat | | | | foreign students too. |
| Movement', Jamia saw itself in a great crisis. Some | | | | |