English was made medium of higher education in India by

Lord Mayo

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Lord Chelmsford

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Lord Rippon

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Lord Bentinck

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The correct option is D Lord Bentinck

The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of British India, to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India.

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State whether true or false:

(a) James Mill was a severe critic of the Orientalists.

(b) The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India.

(d) Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.

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