“M” for Aligarh
You surely must be thinking that i had something wrong in my nursery school education. No it isn’t. I know that the word “Aligarh” starts with Alphabet ‘A’ but the most popular things Aligarh (to be more precise – AMU) was associated with, have thier names starting with the Alphabet ‘M’.
In my times, I was told that there are 5 ‘M’s in Aligarh which are very famous. Later in my life, when I met a very senior and impressive AMU Old Boy (an AMU alumnus is always called so), I was told they used to be 7. He counted all 7 in a row. I was startled. How can a person who left AMU in 1960’s remember all this, so well. These ‘M’s could have been more than 7 or might have gone down to 3 but as per my knowledge, let me try to enumerate them here.
Well, this was my list, with a little bit of descriptions. And now an appeal to my fellow alumni.
You can correct me wherever I go wrong. And i know you can’t resist that. So, just shoot me a mail on:
Please keep visiting this space to look more of such trivia. And do try sharing some of what you have of Aligarh. I’ll publish it here with due credentials.
~ Qais
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