Dr.Rafiq Zakaria started The Maulana Azad education society at Aurangabad with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in the year 1963 which is affiliated to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad.
In the 17th Century Peer Ismail Shah a Sufi and tutor of the Mughal prince Aurangazeb laid the foundation stone of a Madarassa at Rauza Bagh Aurangabad where children of noble lineage were to be imparted knowledge of Arabic and Persian. The Madarassa, which later became the mausoleum of its founder fell into the hands of British and was ruined. For long the dilapidated Madarassa wore a deserted look haunted by Owls and hyenas. The mansion, which is a fine blend of Mughal style architecture interlaid with Pathan features, was rumbling into insignificance. It caught the eye of Dr.Rafiq Zakaria the scholar-politician, Who was making rounds of the Aurangabad constituency during the 1962 Assembly Elections. And he set about the task of restoring the madrassa to its lost glory.
Moved by the extreme poverty and backwardness of the people of the region, Dr.Rafiq Zakaria envisioned raising a center of learning at the site of legendary base of education and thus, the Maulana Azad education society's campus at Rauza Bagh came up at this spot.
Maulana Azad Education Trust,
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
India
Ph:- +91-240-381102/382065
Fax:- +91-240-381102
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