The gate is presently located in one of the main halls of Aligarh Muslim University. The present building began to be constructed in 1885 and was named Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college after the name of Sir John Strachey. He was an English British civil servant in India who came from London, England in 1842.
Initially, Strachey hall served as the central building of the complex which popularized western education among Muslims.
