HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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suppress the Hindu Renaissance.
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encourage Indian interest in Western learning.
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stop educating Indians.
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openly encourage India’s interest in its own culture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -On this day in 1835, Lord Macaulay successfully westernised education in India; English was made the official language for the government and courts, and was adopted as the official medium of instruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -It made English a medium of instruction in higher educational institutions and with the formal institutionalization of English as the language of instruction, the stage was set for a new direction to Indian education.