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Madrasa 'Aliya
Madrasa 'Aliya (Arabic: مدرسة عالية) was a madrasa founded 1781 in Calcutta by Warren Hastings although some sources have the founding date as 1780. Hastings ran the institution out of his pocket for a year and a half until he was later reimbursed by the Bengal Government.
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