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Abridgement of the History of India from the Earliest Period to the Present Time - Page 379
by John Clark Marshman - 1905 - 569 pages
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Macaulay

Morison - 1882 - 212 pages
...determined by an elaborate minute which he drew up on the subject, and Lord William Bentinck decided that " the great object of the British Government...literature and science among the natives of India." Macaulay was very unpopular with a portion of the English residents in Calcutta, chiefly it would seem...
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Ancient Religion and Modern Thought

William Samuel Lilly - Christianity - 1885 - 434 pages
...been unswervingly loyal. Half a century ago Lord William Bentinck's celebrated Resolution declared, that " the great object of the British Government...be the promotion of European literature and science amongst the natives of India," and directed the employment of public money for that end. Since then...
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The Life and Work of Syed Ahmed Khan

George Farquhar Irving Graham - 1885 - 436 pages
...sincerity of the policy adopted by Lord William Bentinck when he declared that "the great object of the Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the nations of India." With reference to the question whether Government should support primary and secondary...
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India Before and After the Mutiny

1886 - 136 pages
...mere delusion. Macaulay's was the victory. I las011 The Governor-General in council was of opinion - - that the "great object of the British Government ought...be the promotion of European literature and science amongst the natives of / India, and that all the funds appropriated for , the purposes of education...
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The Life and Teachings of Keshub Chunder Sen

Protap Chunder Mozoomdar - Brahma-samaj - 1887 - 572 pages
...famous decree of Lord William Bentinck in 1835 whereby the object of the British Government was declared to be " the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would ORIENTAL LEARNING UNDERVALUED. J be best...
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India

Sir John Strachey - Great Britain - 1888 - 458 pages
...butter.' The influence of Lord Macaulay was irresistible. The Government of Lord William Bentinck decided that ' the great object of the British Government...literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education...
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India, Pictorial and Descriptive

William Henry Davenport Adams, Author of The Mediterranean illustrated - India - 1888 - 458 pages
...butter.' The influence of Lord Macaulay was irresistible. The Government of Lord William Bentinck decided that ' the great object of the British Government...literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16

Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1888 - 456 pages
...governor-general in council on 7 March 1835, in which it was laid down that in the higher education the great object of the British government ought to be the promotion of European science and literature among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purposes...
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Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes and Essays

Sir Monier Monier-Williams - India - 1891 - 382 pages
...the 7th March, 1835, in the second clause of which his Lordship in Council expresses his opinion, ' that the great object of the British Government ought...be the promotion of European literature and science amongst the natives of India.' The concluding paragraph directs that * all the funds at the disposal...
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Abridgment of the History of India from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

John Clark Marshman - India - 1893 - 622 pages
...happened that Mr. Macaulay was not only a member of the Supreme Council, but also president of th& board, and he denounced with irresistible force the...appropriated " to education would be best employed on English educa" tion alone." The cause of English education triumphed, and the language and literature of England...
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