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2. Krishna Kumar has argued that “Orientalism and Anglicism appear to be two faces of the
colonial enterprise, rather than forces in conflict” (Kumar, Krishna, 2005, Appropriate
Knowledge, pp: 71). Explain your agreement or disagreement with Krishna Kumar by
providing arguments and suitable examples drawn from different readings, minute by
Macaulay and letter by Wilson and the discussions in the class.

INTRODUCTION OF EDUCATION IN COLONIAL INDIA

At the outset of the eighteenth century, the East India Company sought to believe that the
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development in the realms of education was not necessary and was mainly focused on making
profits but its outlook towards India and its indigenous people changed by the end of the
eighteenth century, the British in India were keen to know and learn about the Indian culture. In
1781, Calcutta Madarsa was set up by Hastings for the study of Muslim law and in 1791,
Sanskrit college was at Benaras by Jonathan Cuncan for the study of Hindu law. These colleges
were mostly set up to create Indians who could be used for the administration by the British. As
they needed interpreters for the Muslim laws and Hindu laws as they felt the need to interact
with the society and the society largely comprised of Hindus and Muslims or atleast the powerful
strata of the society in Bengal were the Hindus and the Muslims. Hence, they need educated
Indians who could interpret English and also interact with the natives. By the nineteenth century,
the educated Indians and missionaries began exerting pressure on the government for the
provision of modern education. Western education was seen as remedy for the social, political
and economic problems as the educated Indians were exposed to the concept of modernity.
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The charter act of 1813, encouraged the East India company to