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  1. English education was introduced in India by
    1. Lord Curzon
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. Lord Macaulay
    4. Lord Dalhousie
Correct Option: C

Macaulay was Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord Grey from 1832 until 1833. After the passing of the Government of India Act 1833, he was appointed as the first Law Member of the GovernorGeneral’s Council. He went to India in 1834. He served on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838. He introduced English education in India through his famous minute of February 1835. He called an educational system that would create a class of anglicized Indians who would serve as cultural intermediaries between the British and the Indians.



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