Aligarh Alumni Day Proclamation

A PROCLAMATION ALIGARH ALUMNI DAY WHEREAS: Aligarh University was established by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1856 as an educational and cultural center in Aligarh, India; and WHEREAS: Today, Aligarh University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in India, and its graduates have gone all over the world, occupying positions of authority in politics, business, education and banking; and WHEREAS: In the State of Georgia, alumni of Aligarh University have joined together in the Aligarh Alumni Association to foster brotherhood and understanding, provide educational scholarships to Aligarh University [students] pursuing educational goals in the United States; and WHEREAS: In commemoration of their alma mater and its founder, members of the Aligarh Alumni Association are holding their Annual Mushaira—URDU Poetry Recital Program on November 8, 1986, at Emory University; and WHEREAS: This event will feature renowned poets from India and Pakistan reciting literary works in their native language, URDU; now THEREFORE: I, [Joe] Frank Harris, Governor of the State of [Georgia], do hereby proclaim November 8, 1986, as "ALIGARH ALUMNI DAY" in Georgia in honor of this event, and do further commend the members of the Aligarh Alumni Association for providing this fitting tribute to [Sir] Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh University, and for promoting international and cultural understanding. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed. This 8th day of November 1986. GOVERNOR ATTEST [Signature]