INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which among the following is called Magnacarta of English education?
A
Wood’s Despatch
B
Hartog Committee Report
C
Minute on Indian Education by Lord Macauley
D
None of above
Explanation: 

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: -Through the despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium and that English should be the medium for college-level education. Hence, the Wood’s Despatch is considered as ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Wood’s Despatch is called Magna Carta. It came in July 1854 by Charles Wood. Step by step answer: In 1854 Charles Wood had sent the Wood’s Despatch to the Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, and it primarily dealt with educational reforms.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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