Which of the following statements is true regarding the early British efforts towards the education system in India?

1. Warren Hastings founded the Calcutta Madrasa

2. A Sanskrit college was founded in Benaras by Jonathan Duncan.

3. Spread of education by the Christian Missionaries through vernacular schools.

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Solution

· Statement 1 is correct: Warren Hastings the Governor General (113- 1785) founded the Calcutta Madrasa to encourage the study of Islamic laws along with Arabic and Persian learning. It was aimed to provide a regular supply of Indian to help the administration of law in the courts of the company. · Statement 2 is correct: A decade after the establishment of the Calcutta Madrasa, a British resident Jonathan Duncan started a Sanskrit college at Benaras to promote the study of Hindu laws and philosophy, in order to develop a local population of learned men who would help the British in its administration. · Statement 3 is correct: For the propagation of their religious values, the Christian missionaries opened up vernacular learning schools and adopted vernacular languages. One of them was Serampore missionaries in Bengal who were particularly enthusiastic for the spread of education and the name of the Baptist Missionary.