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" Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English... "
The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal - Page 149
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The Nations of To-day: India

John Buchan, Lord Edward Gleichen - World history - 1923 - 338 pages
...despatch, Bentinck declared on March 7, 1835, that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India. Up to that time Christian missionaries had been the chief pioneers of Western learning. But now its...
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History of Bengal, Bihar & Orissa Under Britis Rule

Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley - 1925 - 816 pages
...the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the people of India and that all the funds appropriated for the...would be best employed on English education alone. Macaulay, it should be added, looked to English education to be a civilizing agency, 48 A saying that...
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The Oxford History of India, from the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1928 - 866 pages
...Resolution dated March 7, 1835, stating that ' the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that the funds appropriated to education/would be best employed in English education alone '. ^/ The word...
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Teaching of Social Studies in India

P. K. Khasnavis - Education - 1983 - 176 pages
...education. This important Communique stated: That the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among...India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be employed on English education alone.1* During the pre-independence period...
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كتاب الف ليلة وليلة: من اصوله العربية الاولى

Muhsin Mahdi - Fiction - 1994 - 404 pages
...object of the British government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science amongst the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated...would be best employed on English education alone. It has come to the knowledge of the governor general in council that a large sum has been expended...
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Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of ...

Michael Adas - History - 1989 - 452 pages
...sealed by the 1835 Resolution of Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, committing the British to "the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India." Bentinck's decision, one of the most momentous in the history of European colonization, was based on...
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Development of Modern Education in India: An Empirical Study of Orissa

Bina Kumari Sarma - Education - 1996 - 150 pages
...Resoluction of 7 March 1835, this Minute stated: "The great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among...India; and that, all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone."" In fact Bentinck had rightly...
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The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence

Anthony Read, David Fisher - History - 1999 - 612 pages
...of the opinion,' the resolution began, 'that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among...India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.' Within three years, there...
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Mahatma Jotirao Phooley: Father of the Indian Social Revolution

Dhananjay Keer - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 332 pages
...William Bentick decided on March 7, 1835, that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India. During this period of transition, when the doors of education were ajar for low-caste students, some...
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The Great Indian Education Debate: Documents Relating to the Orientalist ...

Lynn Zastoupil, Martin Moir - Education - 1999 - 388 pages
...(reprinted here as document seventeen) was brief but decisive, stating that the British goal should be 'the promotion of European literature and science...India' and that 'all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.' Also clear was the stipulation...
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