Abstract
Muslim rule in India was terminated after the War of Indian
Independence of 1857. The British degenerated the Muslims as a nation.
Now they were left like a disorganised, dejected and demoralized crowd
whose precarious existence was even in jeopardy as every dawning day
was adding to their miseries. They looked like doomed without a bleak
hope of a dignified survival. Their resurgence required a miracle. In fact,
their rehabilitation as a nation needed a daring and wise leadership that
knew all the problems the Indian Muslims were confronting with, after the
loss of their political power and prestige. During these critical days, Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan appeared on the horison of Muslim India as a saviour
of the Muslims. He came with the mission to rescue the Muslims of their
misfortunes and regenerate them as a nation with its past prestige and
pristine glories. His Aligarh Movement came like a silver lining behind
the dark clouds and inspired the hapless and forlorn Muslims with
courage and confidence. But before the Aligarh Movement matured and
started yielding fruit, Sir Syed died. The great Aligarh Movement might
have doomed if his loyal lieutenants had not served and supported it,
unrelentingly, on its way to progressive march. Safdar Mahmood and
Javed Zafar have aptly remarked, “After Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s death,
the great movement might have failed if his loyal lieutenants Mohsin-ulMulk and Viqar-ul-Mulk had not come to its rescue”.
Prof. Abdul Sattar Khan, Hafiz Nasiruddin. (2014) THE MAN WHO CHANGED POLITICAL THOUGHT OF MUSLIM INDIA: NAWAB VIQAR-UL-MULK, Pakistan , Volume 50, Issue 1.
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