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British role in promoting education in India began with Charter act of 1813 providing Rs 1 lakh annually for promoting education.
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British Education policy was meant to subjugate Indians
- British wished to create a class of educated, elitist Indians who would push British interests → downward filtration theory
- British needed educated Indians to serve in the administration. They wanted loyalist civil servants.
- Per Macaulay's minutes → Education
Way to be in Western sciences & in English only (4) Aim was to push British/ Western culture as superior to Indian
How British Education policy catalyzed free thought
(1) Pushed Social reform in India Eg Education of women → Bethune School (2) Educated Indians exposed exploitative colonial rule Eg Drain theory by Dadabhai Naoroji (3) Learning about international events like Russian revolution inspired freedom struggle (4) INC was led by educated
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lawyers, doctors etc. (new middle class)
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