The correct answer is both 1 and 2 . Key Points - The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by Sayyid Ahmed Khan in 1875 at Aligarh. - Later it became the Aligarh Muslim University. - His objective was to build a college in tune with the British education system but without compromising its Islamic values. - The institution offered modern education, including Western science, to Muslims. Hence statement 1 is correct. - The Aligarh Movement had an enormous impact in the area of educational reforms and contributed greatly to establish the college. - Sayyid Ahmad Khan was a great believer in religious toleration. - He believed that all religions had a certain underlying unity which could be called practical morality. - Hindus, Parsis, and Christians had contributed freely to the funds of his college whose doors were open for all the Indians. Hence statement 2 is correct.
