Multiple choice

Who among the following proposed the introduction of English language in India as a medium of instruction?

  1. Warren Hastings

  2. Lord William Bentinck

  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  4. Lord Macaulay

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Explanation

Macaulayism is the conscious policy of liquidating indigenous culture through the planned substitution of the alien culture of a colonizing power via the education system. The term is derived from the name of British politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), an individual who was instrumental in the introduction of English as the medium of instruction in the higher education of India.

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