Jamia Millia Islamia was founded at Aligarh in the United Province,
India in 1920 during the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement in
response to Gandhiji's call to boycott government supported educational
institutions.
JMI moved from Aligarh to Delhi in the year 1925 and was made a
central university by Parliamentary act of 1988. Today, Jamia Millia
Islamia is one of the most prominent and promising central university
of the country.