Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim was deeply interested in history and archaeology, therefore he put great emphasis in this field. The Department of History has been prevalent in AMU since the times of 1875 when AMU was established as Mohammaden Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh. The teachings of this subject initiated from then onwards and since then the department has made innumerable achievements and succeeded in various aspects. In 1968, the department was included as a Centre under the centres of Advanced Study Programmes of University Grants Commission (UGC) leaded by an Oxonian, Professor Noor-ul-Hasan. During his tenure, speedy research was happening in medieval history and three-storey building was built for the department. Another very distinguished Professor of History department was Mohd. Habib, Father of Irfan Habib. He became lecturer in AMU in 1922 and was an Indian Islamic Historian. He actively participated in Indian National Movement. He focused on the writing of History and considered that the historical writings should be referred from original sources. In 1972, Mohommad Habib hall was titled after his name. The departments is entitled as the hub of medieval history.