1st Edition
English Education in India, 1715-1835 Half-Caste, Missionary, and Secular Stages
By Rajesh Kochhar
Copyright 2021
204 Pages
by
Routledge India
204 Pages
by
Routledge India
204 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book identifies and describes the first stage in the advent and growth of English education in India. The first schools in India were the charity schools, asylums and orphanages opened under the auspices of the Church of England for religious instruction, training and care of ‘half-caste’ or mixed-race children, the progeny of Protestant fathers from Indian women. It examines the influence... Read more
Acknowledgements. Preface. 1 Introduction 2 Half-castes and their education 3 Missionary stage 4 Beginning of the secular stage: Hindoo College Calcutta 5 Spread of English education 6 Bentinck’s Resolution of 1835 7 Later developments. References. Index.
Biography
Rajesh Kochhar is Honorary Professor, Panjab University, India. An astrophysicist turned historian, he has published original research with special focus on history of science and education in British. He has been the Director of National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (CSIR) New Delhi, and Professor at Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore.
