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Aryan YadavAIR 31

Question 12Evaluate the intended and unintended consequencesGS1GS1

Evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of British educational policies for the Indian society in the colonial period. (Answer in 250 words)

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Introduction

British educational policies were intended to serve British interests but ended up having many unintended positive consequences.

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Main Body

Intended consequences: (1) Education was largely neglected with 1813 act providing mere 1 lakh rupees (2) Downward filtration theory (Macaulay's minute)Aimed to create a class of Indians who would serve British interests (3) Focus was to glorify western society to make Indian's subservient (E) Woods dispatch (1854) – began higher education focus on west only (4) No attention was paid to technical/medical education (5) Women's education was largely ignored (6) Universities were tightly controlled to prevent any dissent (E) Indian universities act 1904 under curzon (7) Mass education was completely neglected to prevent them from mobilizing against British (E) In 1921 India had a 9.1% literacy rate

Unintended consequences: (1) Rather than serving British interests, educated Indians' lord groundwork for mass movements

4No attention was paid to technical/medical education (5) Women's education was largely ignored (6) Universities were tightly controlled to present any dissent (E) Indian universities act 1904 under curzon (7) Mass education was completely neglected to prevent them from mobilizing against British (E) In 1921 India had a 9.1% literacy rate

Unintended consequences: (1) Rather than serving British interests, educated Indians' lord groundwork for mass movements

Modernity (from 1885-1905): (2) Educated Indians expelled exploitative nature of British rule & exposed the white man's burden theory (E) Drain theory by Dadabhai Naoroji (3) Educated Indians acted as leaders of national movement (E) Nehru, Bose, etc. (4) National colleges & schools were set up to promote Indian education (5) During Swadeshi movement by Aurobindo Ghosh (5) Universities became hotspots for students to pass mobilize & fight British propaganda. Hence British policies even up helping the national movement

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Conclusion

British policies even up helping the national movement

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Topper

Aryan Yadav

AIR 31

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Modern Indian History from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present

British Policies

British Educational Policies

Writing Stats

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Total words

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Paragraphs

analytical, structured

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