Sir Syed created an institution which, first as M.A.O.
College and then since 1920 as Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU), became the generator of an amazing range of talent. I
came, I saw and I was conquered is the most likely feeling of almost
every person who has had occasion to visit the AMU. Aligarh's
"culture of decency" has a compelling appeal. You can have a
negative view of Aligarh when you have not been there but you cannot when
you have known it. A number of distinguished former students of M.A.O.
College guided the national struggle as national leaders and made
tremendous sacrifices. A number of them occupied most important offices
which included the president ship, governorship and chief minister-ship.
