Question

Why did mahatma gandhi think that english education has enslaved the indians?

Answer 1

The main intention of British to start the the English education in India was they need any Indian who could help them in their trade activities that were taking place across India and they wanted the educated Indians make the common people understand.

Answer 2

Mahatma Gandhi argued that colonial education created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians. It made them see Western civilisation as superior and destroyed the pride they had in their own culture. Gandhi thought that there was poison in English education. And it was sinful, it enslaved Indians and cast an evil spell on them. Charmed by the West and appreciating everything that came from the West, Indians educated in these institutions began admiring British rule. Mahatma Gandhi wanted an education that could help Indians recover their sense of dignity and self-respect. During the national movement, he urged students to leave educational institutions in order to show to the British that the Indians were no longer willing to be enslaved.