Complex sentence: It was founded at Kanpur in 1893 by Muhammad Ali Mongiri, Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Mahmud-ul-Hasan, with an idea to counter the challenge of western education this institution was intended to be a modified version of Deoband.
Split into simpler sentences: It was founded at Kanpur in 1893 by Muhammad Ali Mongiri, Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Mahmud-ul-Hasan, with an idea to counter the challenge of western education. This institution was intended to be a modified version of Deoband.