Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (12.07.2022) Shift-I
Who is fully credited with the introduction of the English education system in India, officially through the necessary order issued by Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, on 7 March 1835?
AZachary Macaulay
BThomas Babington Macaulay ✓ Correct
CAlexander Duff
DCharles Trevelyan
Correct answer: (B) Thomas Babington Macaulay — The answer is Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Explanation
★The answer is Thomas Babington Macaulay.
★The English Education Act of 1835 was brought into effect by Lord William Bentinck.
★It was based on the advice and ideas of Thomas Babington Macaulay.
★So the introduction of English education is fully credited to Thomas Babington Macaulay.
★His famous minute shaped this policy.
★The other figures are not credited with it in the same way.
★So the answer is Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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