COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Fort William College
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Oxford University
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Cambridge University
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Imperial College London
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eminent scholars William Carey (1761–1834) was with Fort William College from 1801 to 1831. During this period he published a Bengali grammar and dictionary, numerous textbooks, the Bible, grammar and dictionary in other Indian languages. Matthew Lumsden (1777–1835) John Borthwick Gilchrist (June 1759 – 1841)
Detailed explanation-2: -Fort William College was established by Lord Richard Wellesley in order to provide instruction in the vernacular languages of India to the civil and military officials of the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fort William College also worked on rendering the Hitopades, the Panchatantra, the Vetal Panchavimsati and other popular Sanskrit works into Indian vernaculars. In so doing, the pandits in its monopoly opened new vistas before the ‘natives’ in the use of their languages….
Detailed explanation-4: -Fort William College is credited to have established new style of writing that helped the new writers and also gave prominence to Indian languages and ushered them in modern age. The Fort William College occupies very important position in the history of Urdu prose.