Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University. This is located in South Delhi. Originally, it was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India. According to the Indian Parliament act Jamia Millia Islamia became a Central University. Jamia means University, and Millia means National. The nickname of the University is Jamia. It was established by nationalist Muslims.

This University has no affiliated colleges. This college offers a number of courses at school, undergraduate and postgraduate level.The two dominant trends joined hands and contributed towards the birth of Jamia. One was anti colonial activism and the other was the pro-independence aspiration of the politically radical section of western educated Indian Muslim intelligentsia.

The University has 614 faculty, 997 staff members, and 10,400 students. On Friday, October 29, 1920, the freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan laid the first stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh during the meeting of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar was the Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor, and Hakim Ajmal Khan was the first chancellor of Jamia.

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