 | John Buchan, Lord Edward Gleichen - World history - 1923 - 338 pages
...happiness." In pursuance of the policy laid down in this despatch, Bentinck declared on March 7, 1835, that the great object of the British Government ought...literature and science among the natives of India. Up to that time Christian missionaries had been the chief pioneers of Western learning. But now its... | |
 | Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley - 1925 - 816 pages
...efforts ought to be directed. ' ' • Lord William Bentinck agreed and published a resolution announcing that the great object of the British Government ought...promotion of European literature and science among the people of India and that all the funds appropriated for the purposes of education would be best employed... | |
 | Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1928 - 866 pages
...retirement of Lord William Bentinck on March 20, to issue the Resolution dated March 7, 1835, stating that ' the great object of the British Government...natives of India, and that the funds appropriated to education/would be best employed in English education alone '. ^/ The word ' alone ' went too far ;... | |
 | David Arnold - History - 2000 - 260 pages
...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... | |
 | Michael Adas - History - 1989 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | Kameshwar C. Wali - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 385 pages
...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... | |
 | Tapati Dasgupta - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 270 pages
...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...literature 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... | |
 | Bina Kumari Sarma - Education - 1996 - 150 pages
...Minute was approved. Popularly known as Bentinck's Resoluction of 7 March 1835, this Minute stated: "The great object of the British Government ought...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... | |
 | Anthony Read, David Fisher - History - 1999 - 612 pages
...March 1835, Bentinck announced his decision. 'His Lordship is of the opinion,' the resolution began, 'that the great object of the British Government ought...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... | |
 | Dhananjay Keer - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 332 pages
...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... | |
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Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought 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 be best employed on English... 
