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Name the Principal of M.A.O. College, Aligarh, who encouraged Muslim Communalism in the last decades of the 19th Century?
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Theodore Beck served as Principal of M.A.O. College, Aligarh from 1883 onwards and actively promoted Muslim separatism in the late 19th century.
He discouraged Muslims from joining the Indian National Congress and advocated maintaining a separate political identity loyal to the British, strengthening the Aligarh school's communal politics.
Who was the founder of the Farazi Movement?
Detailed Explanation:
Haji Shariatullah founded the Farazi Movement in 1818 in Bengal to revive pure Islamic practices by emphasizing Faraiz (obligatory duties) and opposing un-Islamic customs and landlord exploitation.
After his death, his son Dudhu Mian (Dudu Miyan) led and expanded the movement among peasants, but the founder was Haji Shariatullah, not Sayyid Ahmad (who led the Wahabi Movement).
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