Correct Option: C

Lord William Bentinck introduced western or English education in India in 1835. Macaulay’s Minute formed the basis for the reforms introduced in the English Education Act of 1835. Macaulay famously stated in his “Minute on Indian Education” (1835): “all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most paltry abridgments used at preparatory schools in England.