HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Wood’s Dispatch
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Macaulay Commission
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Vernacular Act
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Both A & B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Wood’s Despatch is known as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English education in India. It was the first declaration of British education policy for educating the masses at all levels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Wood’s dispatch was called the Magna Carta of Indian Education because it aimed to give more education liberties and freedoms to the people of India and advance their education system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Wood was a British Liberal politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852. Later he became the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company. In 1854 he sent the “Wood’s despatch” to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: In India, the Part III of the constitution is known as the Magna Carta.