Rahul Gandhi, during his Azamgarh visit, paid a vist to Darul Musannifin Shibli Academy on 11 January. He took a stroll of the campus and saw the places connectd to the institution’s services to the freedom struggle. In particular he saw places where people like Motilal and Jawahalal Nehru used to stay. He also had a look at old letters of stalwarts of the freedom struggle preserved in the institution’s museum. He promised to pay a  longer vist in future.