Short biography sir syed ahmed khan

Indian reformer and social activist (1817–1898)

Not to be confused with Syed Ahmad Barelvi.

Sir Syed Ahmad KhanKCSI, FRAS (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898), also spelled Sayyid Ahmad Khan, was an Indian Muslim reformer,^[1][2][3]philosopher, and educationist^[4] in nineteenth-century British India.^[5][6]

Though initially espousing Hindu–Muslim unity, he later became the pioneer of Muslim nationalism in India and is widely credited as the father of the two-nation theory, which formed the basis of the Pakistan movement.^{[1][7][8][9][10][11]} Born into a family with strong ties to the Mughal court, Ahmad studied science and the Quran within the court.

He was awarded an honorary LLD from the University of Edinburgh in 1889.^[12][9][6]

In 1838, Syed Ahmad entered the service of East India Company and went on to become