Colonial India
History, Literature and Politics
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- Authors
- Dr. Mahendra Prakash, Dr. Shahid Pervez
- Publisher
- Akhand Publishing House
- Categories
- Education, History, Political Science
- ISBN
- 9789388998703
- Edition
- 2019
- Format
- Hard Bound
- Size
- Demy
- Pages
- 196
Description
This book examines how the British government utilized education as a tool to administer and govern India. It studies the evolution of colonial educational policies from the early seventeenth century under the East India Company through the administration of the British Crown. The primary argument explores how the British required literate local employees and sought to form a class of people to serve as interpreters between the rulers and the Indian masses, thereby securing the stability of the British Raj while avoiding the high costs of bringing personnel from Britain. The text covers themes including early elitist English education, the Downwards Filtration Theory, the role of Christian missionaries, and later shifts toward mass and female education. It details key legislative milestones and inquiries, such as Wood's Educational Despatch of 1854, the Hunter Commission, university expansions, elementary education efforts, the Sadler Commission, and vocational training initiatives.