Tag: mass media and history

On the basis of Raeleigh Commission’s recommendations, the Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the period of Lord Curzon. The intention of the Government was to check the tide of nationalist feelings among the educated elite. The Act directed the Universities to undertake teaching function and  focus on their academic role.

Lord Macaulay, in 1835, westernized education in India. English was made the official language for the government and courts and was adopted as the official medium of instruction.

In 1854 Charles Wood, a British Liberal politician sent the “Wood’s despatch” to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie. It primarily dealt with educational reforms. It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states.  The result was Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

Lord Lytton was the viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880. During his tenure, the vernacular press act was passed in 1878 which empowered a magistrate to call upon the printer and publisher of any vernacular newspaper to enter into an undertaking not to publish anything likely to create disaffection against the government.

In 1854 Charles Wood, a British Liberal politician sent the “Wood’s despatch” to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie. It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states.  The result was Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.