Macaulay's Minute advocated for the promotion of English education in India, arguing that it would create a class of intermediaries who would bridge the gap between the British rulers and the Indian masses.
English medium education would create 'a class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and intellect. "This was opined in 1835, by
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2006 · Topic: Development of Education in Modern India (Macaulay's Minute (1835) and the Official Policy of English Education)
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Answer: D. Thomas Babington Macaulay
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