When did T.B. Macaulay present his ‘minutes on education’ advocating English education in India?
Correct Answer :
2nd February 1835
Solution :
The correct option is 2nd February 1835.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, who served as the President of the General Committee of Public Instruction, presented his famous proposal, known as the "Minutes on Education" (or Macaulay's Minutes), on 2nd February 1835.
This document strongly advocated for the introduction of Western education and the English language as the medium of instruction in India, which subsequently shaped the British educational policy in the region through the English Education Act of 1835.
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