...GovernorGeneral, Lord Bentinck, in 1 835, that the 'great object' of the British government in India 'ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India',43 when it came to scientific societies, museums and journals, it was evident that Western science...

...sealed by the 1835 Resolution of Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, committing the British to "the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India." Bentinck's decision, one of the most momentous in the history of European colonization, was based on...

...the following resolution as a panacea for the ills of Indian society: . . . that the great objects of British government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science; the available funds should be henceforth employed in imparting to the Native population knowledge of...

...minutes were dated February 2, 1835.) On March 7, Lord William Bcntinck quickly came to the resolution that "the great object of the British Government ought...and science among the natives of India, and that all funds appropriated for the purposes of education would be best employed on English education alone."17...

...Minute in favour of Western education, the Government of Lord William Bentick decided on March 7, 1835, that the great object of the British Government ought...literature and science among the natives of India. During this period of transition, when the doors of education were ajar for low-caste students, some...

...decision taken under Bentinck's administration in 1835 to introduce Western learning - 'the great objects of the British government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science' - remained the purpose of the government's education policy. Grants in aid to private institutions...

...death-blow came the momentous resolution of Lrd William Bentinck recorded in the Minutes of 1835 : " that the great object of the British Government ought...European literature and science among the natives of lndia and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed in English...

...Duff, and at the same time encouraged by the efforts of Macauley, Bentinck decreed on 7 March, 1835, 1st. His Lordship in Council is of opinion that the...India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purposes of education would be best employed on English education alone. 2™I, But it is not the intention...

...made clear in the 1830s when we had the famous declaration of intent made by Lord Macaulay, who said: 'The great object of the British government ought...literature and science among the natives of India.' In this they truly achieved their objectives and more, for we were not only taught about the tremendous...

...morals and in intellect" (Curtin, 1971). On March 7, 1835, Lord Bentick (in Rahman, 1996) announced that: The great object of the British government ought...and science among the natives of India; and that all funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone,...