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Q76 (CAPF/2016) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Colonial education policy Answer Verified

Which of the following is / are characteristics of the debate between ҁnglieistsҠand ҏrientalistsҠin the 1830Ҡ? 1. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts 2. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on printing Sanskrit texts and wished to continue to print in Persian 3. The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students of Arabic and Sanskrit 4. The Orientalists started a new Sanskrit College in Delhi Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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The Anglicist–Orientalist debate of the 1830s centered on the allocation of educational funds under the Charter Act of 1813. Thomas Babington Macaulay, a leading Anglicist, argued that spending on the maintenance of Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian institutions was a waste of resources. He specifically recommended terminating the printing of oriental books and the translation of English works into Sanskrit and Arabic to save costs. Conversely, the Orientalists advocated for the preservation of traditional learning and supported the practice of providing stipends to students of Arabic and Sanskrit to encourage their studies. While the British established the Sanskrit College in Benares (1791) and the Calcutta Madrasah (1781), there is no historical record of Orientalists starting a new Sanskrit College in Delhi during the 1830s debate. Therefore, only statements 1 and 3 are historically accurate characteristics of the debate.

Sources

  1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 17: Effects of British Rule > Education > p. 269
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