Jamia Millia Islamia University

Jamia Millia Islamia is a public research university located in Delhi, India, originally founded in Aligarh, United Provinces, in 1920 during the British Raj. It was established by nationalist leaders and students of Aligarh Muslim University, including Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, Abdul Majeed Khwaja, Zakir Hussain, Mahatma Gandhi, and Maulana Azad, as a national institution free from government influence. The university moved to Karol Bagh, New Delhi, in 1925 and then to its permanent campus in Okhla in 1935. It received deemed university status from the University Grants Commission in 1962 and became a central university through an act of the Indian parliament in 1988. The campus houses several research centers, including the Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre and the Faculty of Engineering & Technology. In 2020, it was ranked first among central universities by India's Ministry of Education, and in 2021 it received an 'A++' rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. The university also gained attention in 2019 when it became a center of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.