This book identifies and describes the first stage in the advent and growth of English education in India. The first schools in India were the charity schools, asylums and orphanages opened under the auspices of the Church of England for religious instruction, training and care of ‘half-caste’ or mixed-race children, the progeny of Protestant fathers from Indian women. It examines the influence of the ‘half-caste’ community and the missionaries on the growing Indian demand for English education and opportunities for employment. The well-entrenched scenarios on the pre-history of Hindoo College Calcutta are re-examined in the light of new evidence discussed here for the first time. The book further analyses the shifts in the educational policies by the British colonial administrators and the interventions by the likes of Trevelyan, Macaulay and Bentinck. Detailed and insightful, this volume will be of great interest to students and researchers of history, literature, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, colonial expansion, and South Asian studies.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1895 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Mahmood, Syed. A History Of English Education In India: Its Rise, Development, Progress, Present Condition And Prospects, Being A Narrative Of The Various Phases Of Educational Policy And Measures Adopted Under The British Rule From Its Beginning To The Present Period, 1781 To 1893. Comprising Extracts From Parliamentary Papers, Official Reports, Authoratative, Despatches, Minutes And Writings Of Statesmen, Resolutions Of The Govt. And Statistical Tables Illustrated In Coloured Diagrams. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Mahmood, Syed. A History Of English Education In India: Its Rise, Development, Progress, Present Condition And Prospects, Being A Narrative Of The Various Phases Of Educational Policy And Measures Adopted Under The British Rule From Its Beginning To The Present Period, 1781 To 1893. Comprising Extracts From Parliamentary Papers, Official Reports, Authoratative, Despatches, Minutes And Writings Of Statesmen, Resolutions Of The Govt. And Statistical Tables Illustrated In Coloured Diagrams, . Aligarh: M.A.-O. College, 1895. Subject: Education India History