The Aligarh Movement's Contributions to the Development of Modern Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

This research paper explores the detail background and establishment of Ali Garh Movement by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in Indo Pak Sub Continent. This is historical study which aimed to explore the role of Aligarh movement which was a revolutionary movement because it lead to a new generation comprising of Muslim intellectual who paved the way for Muslim’s uplift. Various documents were used to analyze critically keeping in view the criteria of internal and external criticism as an important step in historical research. The selected documents were thus thoroughly and critically analyzed accordingly. This paper also reveals the Indian Muslim reluctance to the western education and culture and the efforts made by Sir Syed towards uplifting their educational conditions which has far reaching implications upon every aspect of the Muslims community of the Sub Continent. The paper also investigate the contributions of Aligarh Movement in the development of modern education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the British rule. It also explain that almost all the socio educational movements in the province were more or less inspired from Aligarh Movement.