Who was famous for framing the education minute?
(A) Lord Elgin
(B) Lord Macaulay
(C) Sadler
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : Lord Macaulay
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
Explanation: Lord Macaulay introduced English education in India through his famous minute of February 1835. He called an educational system that would create a class of anglicised Indians who would serve as cultural intermediaries between the British and the Indians. Macaulay succeeded in implementing ideas previously put forward by Lord William Bentinck, the governor general since 1829.
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