Multiple choice

Before independence which Englishman influenced our education system the most?

  1. Warren Hastings

  2. Load Dalhousie

  3. Lord Macaulay

  4. Lord Curzon
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Explanation

Lord Macaulay's Minute on Education (1835) fundamentally shaped India's education system by introducing English as the medium of instruction and promoting Western knowledge. This policy replaced traditional Sanskrit and Arabic-based education with English education to create a class of Indians educated in British culture. Warren Hastings, Lord Dalhousie, and Lord Curzon influenced education but Macaulay's reforms were the most transformative.

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