Sir Charles Wilkins was an englishman known as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English for which the preface was written by Warren Hastings. Warren Hastings the then Governor-General of Bengal showed a keen interest in spreading oriental education. Halhed Nathaniel Brassey (1751-1830) orientalist and grammarian, is credited with being the first grammarian to write a Bangia grammar using Bangia texts and letters for illustration in 1778. ....Read more