Deoband
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| Coordinates: 29°41′31″N 77°40′37″E / 29.692°N 77.677°ECoordinates: 29°41′31″N 77°40′37″E / 29.692°N 77.677°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Saharanpur |
| Elevation | 256 m (840 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 81,706 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area code(s) | 01336 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 11 |
Deoband (Hindi: देवबंद, Urdu: دیوبند, Devband) is a city and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Deoband is about 150 km from Delhi. Deoband is famous for the Darul Uloom of Deoband and Shri Bala Sundri temples, where the Deobandi Islamic movement originated. Deoband has presence of the Jamia Tibbiya Deoband college of Unani Medicine, imparting the qualifications of B.U.M.S. and M.D.
After the defeat of 1857, some of the prominent Muslim leaders of the freedom movement found it very hard to save India from the cultural onslaught of the British. To counter what was seen to be a British plan to enslave India culturally, they planned to establish a revolutionary institution that would impart knowledge as well as enthuse fervour among students to fight against oppressive forces. Darul Uloom Deoband, the most eminent Islamic learning centre thus was established on 21 May 1866. Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832-1879), the founder of ‘Darul Uloom’ (house of knowledge) at Deoband, later on outlined the purpose of establishing the institution in the following words:
"The English have perpetrated boundless acts of tyranny against the Muslims for their fault, if at all it was a fault, of the uprising in 1857 and their relentless endeavour for the independence of this country thereafter. They have left no stone unturned to plunder and obliterate the Islamic arts and science, Muslim culture and civilization. Endowments of Muslim educational institutions have been confiscated and as a result state funded schools have been virtually closed. It is therefore, necessary to adopt other method instead of relying upon the old system of endowments.”
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