Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu, is the oldest cultural institutions of the subcontinent. it was born in the shade of Shaitan-e-Azam, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, a relative of Sardar Ahmed Khan. The South Asia Muslim Zimma guarded it. Sardar Azam Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Shaheed Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Sardar Abdul Latif Nutar, Maulana Hussainur Mohani, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Paraliyee Bakht, Dr Muhammad Shaheedullah, Sarghalam Hussain Rakatullah and Parhehsud-e-Din Rashid Names are included. Initially it was established in 1903 as an area of Muslim Educational Conference in Aligarh.