Download or read book Aligarh's First Generation written by David Lelyveld and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Lelyveld explores the nature of Muslim cultural identity in ninteenth century India and the changes it underwent through colonial rule. This book shows how one institution, The Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College, with its founders and early students mediated these changes during the first 25 years of its existence, and evolved methods of adapting to the challenges of colonialism and nationalism.