HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Setting up of some universities in India
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Introduction of the India Post
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Abolition of the Sati
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Establishment of Administration Services in India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wood’s Despatch-Recommendations The establishment of universities in the three Presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras was recommended by the Despatch.
Detailed explanation-2: -It recommended a system of grants-in-aid to encourage private enterprise. Hence, statement 1 is correct. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at the school level.
Detailed explanation-3: -(b) The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India. (c) Mahatma Gandhi thought that promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education. (d) Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.