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  • The ‘Hindoo’ Mind : Colonised by Macaulayism

    The ‘Hindoo’ Mind : Colonised by Macaulayism

    ‘ Macaulayism ‘ the term derives from Thomas Babington Macaulay, a member of the Governor General’s Council in the 1830s. Earlier, the British Government of India had completed a survey of the indigenous system of education in the Presidencies of Bengal, Bombay and Madras. A debate was going on whether the indigenous system should be…