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What was the main recommendation made by Macaulay regarding the medium of instruction in schools and government offices?
What was the main recommendation made by Macaulay regarding the medium of instruction in schools and government offices?
He suggested that English should be the medium of instruction and for all work in government offices and law courts.
What phrase did Macaulay use to describe the kind of people he wanted to create through English education?
What phrase did Macaulay use to describe the kind of people he wanted to create through English education?
He wanted to create 'a class of persons Indian in colour and blood but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect'.
What did Macaulay believe self-knowledge would eventually lead to?
What did Macaulay believe self-knowledge would eventually lead to?
Self-knowledge will lead to self-rule.
What term was used to describe the English educated Indians?
What term was used to describe the English educated Indians?
Why, according to the text, did the British government need a common language?
Why, according to the text, did the British government need a common language?
What was being taught in schools and colleges before Macaulay suggested that English should be the medium of instruction?
What was being taught in schools and colleges before Macaulay suggested that English should be the medium of instruction?
What year did Macaulay suggest that the medium of education and all work in government offices and law courts should be in English?
What year did Macaulay suggest that the medium of education and all work in government offices and law courts should be in English?
What kind of jobs did Macaulay envision for the English-speaking Indians?
What kind of jobs did Macaulay envision for the English-speaking Indians?
According to Macaulay, what role would English-educated Indians play between the British and the millions they govern?
According to Macaulay, what role would English-educated Indians play between the British and the millions they govern?
After Macaulay's policies were enacted, what action did the newly English-educated Indians take regarding clothing?
After Macaulay's policies were enacted, what action did the newly English-educated Indians take regarding clothing?
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Who was Thomas Babington Macaulay?
Who was Thomas Babington Macaulay?
Thomas Babington Macaulay played a key role in introducing English education in India.
What did Macaulay propose?
What did Macaulay propose?
Macaulay proposed that English should be the medium of instruction in Indian schools and colleges, replacing Sanskrit and Persian.
Why promote English education?
Why promote English education?
The British aimed to create a class of English-speaking Indians for government jobs and ensure loyalty.
When did Macaulay suggest English?
When did Macaulay suggest English?
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Aim of Macaulay's Minute?
Aim of Macaulay's Minute?
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Effect on educated Indians?
Effect on educated Indians?
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What were they called?
What were they called?
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Study Notes
- Thomas Babington Macaulay played a prominent role in introducing English to Indian schools.
- He held Indian culture in low opinion.
- Macaulay introduced a resolution to make English the medium of instruction in schools and colleges, instead of Sanskrit or Persian.
- The plan aimed to create a class of English-speaking Indians to be employed by the government cheaply.
- These Indians would be loyal to the British.
- The government needed a common language to govern a country with many vernacular languages, and English suited this purpose.
Macaulay's Minute
- Macaulay was a law member in the governor general's council.
- In 1835 CE, Macaulay suggested that English should be the medium of education and work in government offices and law courts.
- He sought to create a class of individuals who were Indian in appearance but English in taste, opinions, morals, and intellect, to serve as interpreters.
- Macaulay foresaw that self-knowledge would lead to self-rule.
- The new class of English-educated Indians was blindly loyal and anglicized.
- They adopted suits, rejected Indian traditions, and were called 'brown sahibs' or 'Macaulay's children'.
- Education departments were established in all provinces.
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