GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Who introduced English as official language
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Lord William Bentick
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Sir Charles Wood
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Dalhousie
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Allan Octawain Hume
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Option 1, i.e William Bentick.
Detailed explanation-2: -English was introduced by Lord Willaim Bentinck as a medium of higher education in India on the advice of Thomas Babington Macaulay who was also his council member.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) lived in India just for four years, from 1834 to 1838. Yet he left unerasable footprints on Indian soil. During his time in India, he decided to introduce English into the education of Indians by deploying government resources in schools and colleges.
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