Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because

Says Wellesley set up Fort William College in 1800 and that in 1806 the Court of Directors disapproved his college and instead set up the East India College at Haileybury.

A student could infer that the Board had authority to overrule or replace local initiatives and check whether Wellesley's action was initiated locally or ordered from London by checking timing and records of Board instructions.

Explains the Directors of the East India Company controlled Civil Service appointments and vigorously defended their privileges.

Use the Directors' known control over civil service matters to investigate whether they would have requested a training college in India or preferred training under their own oversight in England.

Notes Fort William College was set up by Wellesley in 1800 for training civil servants and that it closed (or was short-lived), implying it was a local initiative focused on immediate training needs.

Combine this with the fact that the Directors later established an English college to question whether the Indian college originated from Wellesley's local policy rather than a London directive.

Describes the college's purpose, staffing and the later establishment (in 1806) of the East India College in England, showing two different approaches to training recruits.

Compare the two approaches (local college vs Haileybury in England) and check whether the Board's preference for Haileybury indicates they did not originally request Fort William.