SIR SYED AHMED KHAN : IN HONOURS

Lahore/Pakistan : Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's Bicentennial was celebrated with great honours.

The History and Pakistan studies Department at Forman Christian College held a national conference  to commemorate the Bicentennial of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan last Monday.

The main focus of the conference was to reconsider, analyse and bring the blurred contours of  history, of the 19th century India, and to-

Contextualize Sir Syed's vision and and efforts in providing a direction to the despairing Muslims.

An overarching selection of the aspects of Sir Syed's vision and efforts were addressed with  intellectual depth and philosophical dimensions.

The focus ranged from education for Muslims men and women, religious thoughts,  comparative religion. social constructs. political power, modernity and modernisation and its relevance to contemporary concerns and challenges.

All speakers lamented that Sir Syed has not received the kind of attention that he deserves as the pioneer of Muslim cause, culture, indeed the renaissance of the Muslim of South Asia.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan -the greatest of Renaissance Thinkers of last century stands honored on The World Student Society with a special module to be named after him, after the global elections.