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SAI International School
                                                   Session-2020-21
                                                        Class- VIII
                                                   Subject- History
                                 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
                       Sub Topic : How the British saw Education (Page : 95 to 96)
                                                         NOTES


                                         •  British rule affected rajas and nawabs, peasants and tribals.
               Introduction
                                         •  In this chapter we will try and understand what implication it had for
                                             the lives of students.

                                         •  For, the British in India wanted not only territorial conquest and
                                             control over revenues. They also felt that they had a cultural
                                             mission: they had to “civilise the natives” , change their customs
                                             and values


                                         •  In 1783, William Jones a linguist was appointed as a junior judge at
               How the British               the Supreme Court that the company had set up.
               saw education

                                         •  He started studying ancient Indians text on law, philosophy, religion,
                                             politics, morality, arithmetic, medicine and other sciences.

                                         •  Englishmen like Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed

                                             were busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage, mastering Indian
                                             languages and translating Sanskrit and Persian works into English.


                                         •  A Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of
                                             Arabic, Persian and Islamic law.


                                         •  In 1791, the Hindu College was established in Benaras to
                                             encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts that would be useful
                                             for the administration of the country.
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