ISLAMABAD – The 200th birth anniversary of great Muslim leader and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan will be observed on Tuesday (tomorrow).
Sir Syed is hailed as the father of the Two Nation Theory and one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, along with Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
He was the founder of Aligarh Movement which was the base of Pakistan Movement. His famous books included Khutbat-e-Ahmediya, Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind, The Aligarh Institute Gazette and Tehzib-ul-Akhlaq. He was conferred the title of Javad-ud Daulah and Arif Jang.
He was born on this day in 1817 Delhi, India and died on March 27, 1898 Aligarh India.-Online