In India after the dreadful end of Mughal Empire in 1857 the very first Islamic intellectual reformist revolution rose in the North Indian town of Deoband. Hujjat al-Islam al-Imam Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi established Darul Uloom Deoband on May 30, 1866. Those who helped him in his mission were Haji Abid Husain and Imam Rabbani Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and others. At Deoband Imam Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi reinstated the great intellectual legacy of Imam Shah Wali Allah of Delhi. Imam Qasim Nanawtawi’s Darul Uloom Deoband became most prestigious seat of learning in Islamic Religious Sciences in Asia . In 1982 the legacy of Shah Wali Allah and Imam Muhammad Qasim Nanawatwi was protected by Hakimul Islam Mohammad Tayyab (Rector of Darul Uloom Deoband 1929-1983) in form of present Darul Uloom Deoband Waqf.