ii. Complete the table by choosing the correct options
2 points
Leader
Way of Education
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Indians need to be taught English
Wood's Dispatch
It will improve the moral character of Indians
and help them be trustworthy civil servants
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindranath Tagore
a Mahatma Gandhi: English education is necessary, Rabindranath
Tagore: Western education should not be taught
b. Mahatma Gandhi Indian should be taught only in Sanskrit:
Rabindranath Tagore: Western education is the only future for
Indians
c. Mahatma Gandhi: Indian should be taught in their mother
tongues; Rabindranath Tagore: Western education and Indian
traditions needs to be combined
d. Rabindranath Tagore Indian should be taught in their mother
O tongues, Mahatma Gandhi: Western education and Indian traditions
needs to be combined
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
by D Skuy · 1998 · Cited by 87 — of English law, and that perception has greatly influenced how we ... For proof Cohn pointed to the Government of India Act of 2 August ... The Act promised Indians the right to enjoy equal and impartial ... lacked the following elements of a mode ... 14 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Complete Works of Thomas Babington
In 1783, the East India Company appointed William Jones as a junior judge at the Supreme Court. He started studying ancient Indians texts on law, philosophy, and politics etc. He also concentrated on morality, arithmetic, medicine and other sciences.
The British set up a Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781. This promoted the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law. In 1791, the Hindu College was established in Benaras. The motive was to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. This would be useful for the administration of the country.
Critics
In the early 19th century, many British officials criticized the Orientalist version of learning. James Mill also attacked the Orientalists. According to him, the aim of education ought to teach what was useful and practical. So, Indians should be made familiar with the scientific and technical advances that the West had made.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, another critic of Orientalists, saw India as an uncivilized country that needed to be civilized. Macaulay