 bill no 77 of 19 th~= aligarh muslim university (amendment) bill,i98o a billfurther to amend the aligarh muslim university act, 1920 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the aligarh muslim university short (amendment) act, 1980 title 40 of 11 s z in section 2 of the aligarh muslim university act, 1920, for clause amend-(l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -ment of section 2 '(1) "university" means the educational institution of their choice established by the muslims of india which originated as the muhammadan anglo-qriental college, aligarh, and which was subsequently incorporated as the aligal'h muslim university'  statement of objects and reasonsthe aligarh muslim university act, 1920, was enacted to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential muslim university at aligarh, to dissolve the societies known as the muhammadan anglo-orienta] college, aligarh, and the muslim university association, and to transfer to  and vest in, the said university all properties and rights of the said societies and of the muslim university foundation committee it is proposed to amend the definition of "university" as contained in the act to bring out expressly that the university is the educational institution of' their choice established by the muslims of india which originated as the muhammadan anglo-oriental college, aligarh, and which was subsequently incorporated as the aligarh muslim university 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above object new dflhi; the 26th march, 1980 b shankaranand  annexure extract from the aligarh muslim university act, 1920(40 of 1920)  - -   - 2 in this act and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context de1iotherwise requires,-nitions - - - - - (l) "university" means the aligarh mus1im university - - - - -  a billfurther to amend the aligal'h muslim university act, 1920 (shri b shankaranand, minister of education) 