Muslim University Riding Club
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Muslim University Riding Club (MURC) established as M.A.O. College riding school is a 130 year old club of the Aligarh Muslim University. The players of the club have also featured in the London magazine in 1974. MURC is the only riding club in a university in India.{{Cite web|title = 'I was not imposed on AMU, the community elected me as they wanted a change' {{!}} Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|url = http://www.tehelka.com/2013/09/i-was-not-imposed-on-amu-the-community-elected-me-as-they-wanted-a-change/|website = Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|accessdate = 2015-11-01}}{{Cite web|title = Behind the cycles & burqas of Aligarh Muslim University {{!}} TwoCircles.net|url = http://twocircles.net/2015jun13/1434211463.html#.VlWhmlUrLIU|website = twocircles.net| date=13 June 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-25}} It also has a strong 19 member riding squad.{{Cite web|title = Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Man and Mission - By DR. SHAKEEL SAMDANI - ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE -- Latest News about Muslims,Islam|url = http://www.radianceweekly.com/129/2811/ecological-imbalance/2008-10-19/sir-syed-birth-anniversary/story-detail/sir-syed-ahmad-khanman-and-mission.html|website = Radiance Viewsweekly {radianceweekly.com}|accessdate = 2015-11-25}} The club is open for both the sexes.{{Cite web|title = Request for access to central library under consideration: Aligarh Muslim University|url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-13/news/56060690_1_central-library-hrd-ministry-amu-vc|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126062649/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-13/news/56060690_1_central-library-hrd-ministry-amu-vc|url-status = dead|archive-date = 26 November 2015|website = timesofindia-economictimes|accessdate = 2015-11-02}}
History
The club started when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan asked some landlords to send their horses to the college, so that the students could learn the art of horsemanship. The proposal was accepted and horse riding started in 1889. Nawab Mohd. Ismail Khan Sherwani laid the foundation of the riding club, and also presented four horses. A formal riding school was founded in 1893, at the suggestion of Theodore Morison.{{Cite news|title = Galloping to glory|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/galloping-to-glory/article1491063.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2011-02-26|access-date = 2015-11-01|issn = 0971-751X}}
Rs 5 was charged from each student and Rs 3 who brought their own horses at the start of the riding school.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/McGillLibrary-128391-4843/128391#page/n34/mode/2up|title=The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College magazine|website=archive.org|year=1894 |access-date=2016-05-05}}
Naseeruddin Haider was the Captain in the early 1940s.{{Cite web|title = Looking for the 'Calcation brothers' of Kolkatta|url = http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-141543-Looking-for-the-Calcation-brothers-of-Kolkatta|website = The News International, Pakistan|accessdate = 2015-11-25}}N R Madhavan Menon was also the captain.{{Cite web|title = INSTITUTE OF OBJECTIVE STUDIES|url = http://iosworld.org/felicitation_VCs.php|website = iosworld.org|accessdate = 2015-11-25}} Few notable Presidents of the club are Rajeev Sharma{{Cite web|title = Tough VC's charges of assault on two student leaders flare up tempers in AMU : EDUCATION - India Today|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tough-vc-charges-of-assault-on-two-student-leaders-flare-up-tempers-in-amu/1/288178.html|website = indiatoday.intoday.in|accessdate = 2015-11-30}} and Iqbal Ghani Khan.{{Cite web|title = Historian's murder: Mafia leaves fingerprints: Indian Express|url = http://zeenews.india.com/home/historians-murder-mafia-leaves-fingerprints-indian-express_86599.html|website = Zee News|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}
Awards and recognition
The riding team won twenty nine medals in the Great Ghaziabad Horse Show "Penta Grand 2012" and Delhi Horse Show 2012 organized by Army Polo and Riding Club.{{Cite web|title = Aligarh Muslim University Riding Team won 29 medals in "Penta Grand 2012", Delhi Horse Show 2012 - Aligarh Directory|url = http://www.aligarhdirectory.com/article/aligarh-muslim-university-riding-team/|website = Aligarh Directory|accessdate = 2015-11-25}}
References
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External links
[http://www.amu.ac.in/sports.jsp?did=10023 Official website of Aligarh Muslim University]
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Category:Clubs and societies of the Aligarh Muslim University