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152 have died, but unfortunately we see no one who could replace them. ” (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, vol. 2, p. 412) Madrassah Talimul Islam was opened for this purpose in Qadian in 1898. Before that, there were only two schools in Qadian. One was a Government School that educated up to Primary standards, and the other was Arya School that taught to a slightly higher level. In that school there was much propaganda against Islam and the children were influenced by Atheism and Western culture. That is why Huzur as instructed the inauguration of the Jama’at’s own school but in that school only secular education was provided. Pointing to that Madrassah, Huzur as said, “I feel sad when I look at the Madrassah because we have not achieved what we desired. If the children passing out of this Madrassah also become seekers of the world then what was the need for setting up this institution? We desired that servants of religion should graduate from this school. ” As a result, after consultation, a branch of religious education was started in the same Madrassah in 1906. In the beginning, Hadrat Qazi Ameer Hussain Shah Sahib ra , the first instructor, and Maulvi Fazal Din Sahib ra were appointed as the two teachers. After that, during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as , Maulvi Syed Sarwar Shah Sahib ra became the teacher. Students joined this ‘Religious Education Branch’ after passing their Primary School Examinations and received education for two years.