Jamia Millia Islamia - Revision history

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 ==2023==
 ===31 from Jamia academy, 11 of them women===
 Youngsters from marginalised communities can aspire to become civil servants at Jamia Millia Islamia’s Residential Coaching Academy (RCA) in southeast Delhi, reports Shreya Ghosh. On Tuesday, the academy celebrated the success of 31 of its 71 students in the top UPSC exam — with the 2023 result showing an increase of eight over the previous year. Since its inception in 2010, RCA has provided free coaching to students from the SC, ST and minorities communities and women. Out of the 31 aspirants who made the final cut, 11 of them are women.
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 Speaking to TOI, all-India No 2 Animesh Pradhan said he was working with Indian Oil Corporation since 2021, but decided to aim for a career in civil services. He said his preparation for CSE coincided with his mother’s battle with cancer. She was with him right till his interview round, but succumbed a month ago.
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  Observing that the prosecution had been launched in a “perfunctory and cavalier fashion" against the accused persons, except Mohammad Ilyas, aka Allen, the court asserted that the investigative agencies should have incorporated the use of technology, or gathered credible intelligence, and then only should have “embarked on galvanising the judicial system”.
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	The Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, was established in 1989. In addition to the five-year integrated BA LLB course, the faculty runs an LLM four-semester course in three streams - Personal Law, Corporate Law and Criminal Law - and a Ph.D. programme. And it was ranked 11 in rankings of India Today for 2015.		The Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, was established in 1989. In addition to the five-year integrated BA LLB course, the faculty runs an LLM four-semester course in three streams - Personal Law, Corporate Law and Criminal Law - and a Ph.D. programme. And it was ranked 11 in rankings of India Today for 2015.
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		+	=Library=
		+	==Manuscripts 2025==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/additions-to-manuscript-collection-at-jamia-gita-kamashastra-translations/articleshow/119437453.cms Sugandha Jha, March 25, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has added the Urdu translation of Kamashastra, Lazzat un Nisa, to its rare manuscript collection. The translation of the early medieval Indian erotic text, originally written in Sanskrit, was completed by Malik Majazi Dehalvi and is now available at Jamia's dedicated manuscript facility at its Dr Zakhir Hussain Library, the university stated.
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		+	The institute has also added digitised Persian translations of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata and the Awadhi epic poem Padmavat, along with the Bhagavad Gita in Urdu. These additions are part of Jamia's ongoing efforts to expand its collection of rare manuscripts and translations.
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		+	This year, Jamia has collected 13 manuscripts and translations, enriching its literary archive of over six lakh books, including 6,000 rare books and 2,243 rare manuscripts.
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		+	The Mahabharata translation by Faizi and Abdul Qadir Badayuni was completed in 1719. Padmavat, originally penned by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi, was translated into Persian by Abdul Shakoor in 1786. The Bhagavad Gita was translated by Gulab in 1847.
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		+	Jamia has also included illustrated manuscripts such as Ajaib-ul-Makhluqat and Yog Bashist. Other important manuscripts include Sri Bhagwat, one of the 18 major Puranas; Gulistan e Saadi, a key work of Persian literature; Takhmila e Hind; Risala der-ilm-e-Sarf; Risala Kalam Sheikh Jalal uddin Suyuti; Ruqat Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil; Mukhbir lil Waseelin; Diwan e Shaida Hakim Ajmal Khan; Tarikh Manzoom; and Nafhat al Uns.
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		+	These manuscripts, covering a wide range of subjects, including literature, history, philosophy, poetry and mysticism, will enhance the diversity of Jamia's manuscript collection, officials said.
		+	Jamia has implemented specialised conservation and digitisation measures to protect these rare texts. The library's in-house conservation facility follows internationally recognised archival standards to ensure that the manuscripts are restored and maintained for future generations, officials said.
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		+	The conservation process begins with detailed testing of the manuscripts, including ink testing, de-acidification and tissue lamination. Archival binding is then applied to fragile manuscripts to restore them to a usable form. These efforts are aimed at preventing deterioration while maintaining the manuscripts' historical integrity.
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		+	Once conserved, the manuscripts are digitised using high-resolution scanning technology. The digitised materials are catalogued with detailed metadata and uploaded to Jamia's institutional repositories, providing researchers and scholars worldwide with easier access to these rare works. Digitisation also protects the manuscripts from physical damage, ensuring that they remain available for academic study and research.
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		+	In Feb 2018, Jamia started the project for conserving and digitising its rare book and manuscript collection. It received Rs 10 lakh as financial assistance from National Archives of India to set up its own digitisation and conservation unit for archives.
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		+	Dr Zakir Husain Library houses manuscripts spanning from 14th to 20th centuries. These manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hindi cover a wide array of subjects, including religion, medicine, astronomy, history, grammar and philosophy.
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		+	The collection includes rare manuscripts of Holy Quran, showcasing a variety of calligraphic styles and intricate illuminations. These manuscripts are part of the broader collection, which also contains handwritten letters from prominent historical figures, rare books, old newspapers and magazines, making the library an important resource for researchers and scholars in various fields.
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		+	Jamia also offers a specialised skill-based course focusing on the preservation, conservation and digitisation of archival materials. The course aims to train people in the techniques used to maintain rare manuscripts and other archival records, ensuring the long-term accessibility of these valuable resources.
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	However Khalid Mehmood claimed that the Jamia vice-chancellor had made a serious effort in 2016 to keep the bookstore going by publishing 400 titles through the National Urdu Council. Mehmood, the retired head of Urdu department at Jamia and former managing director of the Maktaba bookstore, told TOI, "Hearing the news of the book shop’s closure broke my heart. It was an extraordinary reservoir of Urdu literature in India." Wistfully, Mehmood added that the legacy of Maktaba Jamia, like an ancient manuscript, now rested in the hands of time.		However Khalid Mehmood claimed that the Jamia vice-chancellor had made a serious effort in 2016 to keep the bookstore going by publishing 400 titles through the National Urdu Council. Mehmood, the retired head of Urdu department at Jamia and former managing director of the Maktaba bookstore, told TOI, "Hearing the news of the book shop’s closure broke my heart. It was an extraordinary reservoir of Urdu literature in India." Wistfully, Mehmood added that the legacy of Maktaba Jamia, like an ancient manuscript, now rested in the hands of time.
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		+	===And a quick revival attempt===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=12_09_2023_002_001_cap_TOI Shreya Ghosh, Sep 12, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : Maktaba Jamia Limited, a publishing house celebrated for producing rare books in Urdu at nominal prices, is in a financial mess. Its outlet in old Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar closed down, leaving many grieving the demise of a popular store. However, the epilogue, it seems, hasn’t quite been written yet. The book shop reopened.
		+	Ali Khusro Zaidi, 68, who was taking care of the Old Delhi branch since his retirement in 2014 for a mere Rs 10,000 per month, has been cajoled to return. His departure last week, triggered by prolonged non-payment of salary, led to the closure of the book shop, as reported by TOI on Saturday. Zaidi simply said on Monday, "Shahzad Anjum, managing director of Jamia and Maktaba in-charge, requested me to return to work.”
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		+	Alongside Zaidi, two other employees bore the brunt of the financial turmoil. One of them, Danish, claimed he hadn't received his salary for 22 months after 13 years of service to the bookstore. He lamented, "This morning, my wife asked me what the point of going back to the shop was when I didn't get paid,” said Danish. “While I am relieved that Maktaba has reopened, I still don't know how I will support my family.”
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		+	Rizwan Mustafa Arshi, the officer in charge of Jamia Maktaba, told TOI, "We owe almost Rs 1.5 crore in total, including salaries to 16 employees in Delhi, Mumbai and Aligarh. Despite Jamia Millia Islamia holding a 92% share in Maktaba, we feel it has grossly neglected this publishing division. The Jamia vice-chancellor, who is chairperson of Maktaba, hasn’t attended a single board meeting.”
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		+	Arshi disclosed that Najeeb Jung, as VC, had ordered all Jamia departments to purchase stationery and printing materials exclusively from Maktaba. This directive was up held by his successor Talat Ahmed, but ceased under the current VC, Najma Akhtar. Arshi maintained that the publishing house could continue to operate effectively if the Centre for Distance Education, the exam department and the registrar's office gave it their printing needs.
		+	A meeting to discuss the matters with the university administration was scheduled for July 18, but it was postponed. Maktaba employees alleged that they made extensive efforts to engage with the Jamia authorities but always met with disappointment. Some claimed to have been forced to drive e-rickshaws part-time to make ends meet.
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		+	TOI’s attempts to contact VC Akhtar and Anjum regarding the deteriorating condition of Maktaba were met with silence. Sources revealed that Anjum had submitted his resignation as Maktaba in-charge several times in the past few months but had been rebuffed.
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		+	Founded by Zakir Hussain in 1922, Maktaba's significance traces back to its role in translating or publishing the original curriculum from secondary schools to post-graduation in Urdu when Jamia initially adopted Urdu medium syllabi. “Over the years, it has published over 6,000 books and 750 titles for children. Its decline began after the retirement of Shahid Ali, the manager, in the early 2000s and has since been treated with neglect,” said historian Syed Ubaidur Rehman.
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		+	Amidst this turmoil, senior Urdu journalist Masoom Mehmood celebrated the reopening of the Urdu Bazaar branch of Maktaba, thanking the media, including The Times of India, and social media groups for their role in supporting the effort to keep the book shop alive. He also acknowledged the contribution in this of individuals like Wadud Sajid, Ahmadullah Siddiqui, Shakeel Rasheed, Muhammad Wajiauddin and Firoz Bakht Ahmed.

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	According to the Jamia media coordinator, Saima Saeed, the VC will respond after seeing the letter. Saeed said the change was made considering the security concerns in the area as well as in the city. The parents of around 90% of the students told the authority that they were sending their children to Jamia due to the safety assured by the hostel, she added.		According to the Jamia media coordinator, Saima Saeed, the VC will respond after seeing the letter. Saeed said the change was made considering the security concerns in the area as well as in the city. The parents of around 90% of the students told the authority that they were sending their children to Jamia due to the safety assured by the hostel, she added.

		+	=Jamia Maktaba=
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		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=09_09_2023_008_010_cap_TOI Shreya Ghosh, Sep 9, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : In the heart of the Walled City's bustling Urdu Bazaar, a cherished literary gem has dimmed its lights. Jamia Maktaba, an iconic bookstore whose history is intertwined with that of Jamia Millia Islamia, was shut down on August 30, leaving a void in the Urdu literary landscape. A kabab counter has been set up outside the bookstore now.
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		+	Founded in 1922 by the late Zakir Hussain, among the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, as the university press, Maktaba Jamia has published more than 6,000 books, both original and in translation. Among its published works are those by Munshi Prem Chand, Gandhiji, Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Zakir Hussain, Abid Hussain and Mujeeb Ahmed.
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		+	At its zenith, Maktaba Ja mia’s footprint included establishments in Delhi, Mumbai, Aligarh, Hyderabad and Lahore. The bookstore in Old Delhi, now closed, is among the oldest of the lot.
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		+	Senior Urdu journalist Masoom Moradabadi lamented the sudden and unannounced closure of Maktaba's outlet in Urdu Bazar in old Delhi. He told TOI, “Regrettably, Maktaba Jamia finds itself in an extremely precarious situation, with the Urdu Bazaar branch failing to reopen following the forced retirement of Khusru Zaidi, who had managed it for 45 years. A repository of hundreds of titles published over decades now faces the threat of permanent closure due to Jamia’s waning interest. The decision to shut the outlet rather than seek a replacement for the long-serving individual may be due to Jamia's purported financial constraints.” TOI did not receive a response in the matter from Najma Akhtar, vice-chancellor, Jamia.
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		+	Blogger and regular visitor of the bookstore Meenakshi J. Chawla expressed sorrow on X, “Khusru Zaidi was a kind and knowledgeab le gentleman who also advised me well in my choice of Urdu titles. I bought so many books from him in the past three years.”
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		+	Author and historian Syed Ubaidur Rahman said the bookstore had lost its importance for Jamia administra tion, which neglected it. “A number of books are out of print and aren’t being reprinted,” he said, urging the Jamia administration to take steps to revive Maktaba through collaborations with leading Indian and foreign publishing companies.
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		+	However Khalid Mehmood claimed that the Jamia vice-chancellor had made a serious effort in 2016 to keep the bookstore going by publishing 400 titles through the National Urdu Council. Mehmood, the retired head of Urdu department at Jamia and former managing director of the Maktaba bookstore, told TOI, "Hearing the news of the book shop’s closure broke my heart. It was an extraordinary reservoir of Urdu literature in India." Wistfully, Mehmood added that the legacy of Maktaba Jamia, like an ancient manuscript, now rested in the hands of time.
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		+	=History=
		+	==1920-2020: In a nutshell==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F10%2F29&entity=Ar01317&sk=DA19A354&mode=text Mohammad Ibrar, October 29, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Jamia At 100: From Rebellion Against Raj To Top University
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		+	How Gandhi’s Speech On Jallianwala Spurred A Movement
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		+	What started as a humble beginning under tents in Aligarh in a rebellion against the educational system of the British Raj is completing 100 years as a university on October
		+	29. Recently ranked top among Indian universities in the education ministry’s assessments, Jamia Millia Islamia is the product of the freedom movement, formed when some students of Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College rebelled against the administration.
		+	According to Sabiha Zaidi, director of Jamia’s Munshi Premchand Archives and Literary Centre, Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement of 1919 and his cooperation with the Khilafat Movement spurred Jamia’s formation. “Many people increasingly felt that Gandhiji’s call for non-cooperation in education should be taken up,” Zaidi said. “That is when students of MAO College requested Mohammad Ali Jauhar of the Khilafat Movement to invite Gandhiji for a talk.”
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		+	Accordingly, Gandhi arrived in Aligarh on October 12, 1920, and spoke against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Rowlatt Act. “This spurred the MAO students to demand their college stop accepting British grants,” said Zaidi. “The four founders of Jamia — Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan, A M Khwaja and M A Ansari — warned the college administration that if British funds weren’t stopped, they would form a new institution. Future President of India Zakir Hussain also resigned from his post of lecturer in protest.”
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		+	Apparently, the college administration rebuffed the demand, and the first session of Jamia was held at the Jama Masjid of Aligarh, beginning with a speech by Maulana Mehmudul Hasan on October 29. “By October 31, the students had begun deserting the hostels at MAO College, settling instead at Aligarh’s Krishna Ashram, where tents were put up to hold classes,” informed Zaidi.
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		+	Of course, the journey had only begun. Ahmed Azeem, PRO, Jamia, added that the temporary classes continued for a few more years before the newly found institution shifted to Karol Bagh in Delhi in 1925.
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		+	According to the archive notes, “The Jamia community suffered a little setback with the slackening of the Khilafat and the non-cooperation movements. But Gandhiji said that no matter how difficult it was, Jamia should not be stopped at any cost. He said, ‘If I have to beg for Jamia, I will beg.’ With his help, industrialists like Jamnalal Bajaj, Ghanshyam Das Birla and founder of Banaras Hindu University, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, helped Jamia financially.”
		+	The university also began primary classes in 1936 when it shifted to its present premises in Okhla. “The foundation stone was laid by a student, Abdul Aziz, in 1934,” Zaidi said. Sixty-eight years after its humble start, Jamia became a central university.
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		+	“At present, Jamia has nine faculties, 43 departments and 27 centres of higher studies and research, in which more than 270 courses are taught,” said Azeem. “We are setting up four new departments for design and innovation, hospital management and hospice studies, environmental sciences and foreign languages.”
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		+	In a statement, Jamia claimed to be “only university in the country that provides further education opportunities for personnel and officers of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy. The Residential Coaching Academy, established in 2010, has played an important role in promoting women, minorities and SC/ST candidates in the UPSC civil services with more than 230 successful candidates.” These successes will be celebrated on October 29.


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	According to the Jamia media coordinator, Saima Saeed, the VC will respond after seeing the letter. Saeed said the change was made considering the security concerns in the area as well as in the city. The parents of around 90% of the students told the authority that they were sending their children to Jamia due to the safety assured by the hostel, she added.		According to the Jamia media coordinator, Saima Saeed, the VC will respond after seeing the letter. Saeed said the change was made considering the security concerns in the area as well as in the city. The parents of around 90% of the students told the authority that they were sending their children to Jamia due to the safety assured by the hostel, she added.
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		+	==2019: Najma Akhtar==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F04%2F12&entity=Ar01111&sk=05CEAC10&mode=text April 12, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	The government appointed Najma Akhtar as vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, making her the first woman VC in its four-decade-old history.
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		+	Akhtar is the head of the department of educational administration at National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA). She specialises in institution building, distance education, education of minority and educational decentralisation.
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		+	According to her bio data on NIEPA website, Akhtar is a gold medallist from Aligarh Muslim University and completed her PhD from Kurukshetra University. She has been a Commonwealth Fellow for university administration course at University of Warwick and Nottingham and trained at the International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO, Paris.
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		+	Akhtar has previously served as director, academic programmes at AMU, and its controller of examinations and admissions. She was also founder director, State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT), Uttar Pradesh. She has authored two books and contributed several book chapters and research papers.

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