Name the two institutions which were set up by orientalist thinking group( long question answer) please help me I will follow you
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Madrasa in Calcutta and Hindu college in Benaras.
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The education during the colonial period was really different from the ones before the British ruled . There where two groups of educationists :
- Orientalists
- Anglicists
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- Orientalists where the group of education is who wanted Western science and literature to be imparted but with respect to traditional learning through Sanskrit , Persian and Arabic .
- Sir William Jones set up ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL in 1784 . He was a very knowledgeable person who learnt Latin , Greek , French, English Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit .
- Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Nathaniel translated Sanskrit and Persian works into English .
- They introduced Calcutta Madrasa and also a Sanskrit college in Varanasi .
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|| ★ || Anglicists || ★ ||
- People who promoted Western learning and wanted English to be the medium of education .
- James Mill wanted the whole education to be useful and practical in order to make Indians aware about the scientific and technological advances made by the western countries .
- Thomas Maucaulay wanted wanted it to be at the the highest literary, philosophical and scientific knowledge .
- They wanted the CALCUTTA MADRASA to be shut and also the SANSKRIT COLLEGE in Varanasi .
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