Which of the following is NOT true about the Sapru Committee?

Education and Press Under the British Rule

1. The development of the education system in India by Britishers can be understood into two stages. The first stage was inspired by the Orientalist approach, under this approach, the Britishers only tried to understand the traditional education system of the country. The next stage was inspired by the Anglicist approach, in which the modern education system was launched in India.

Orientalist approach

1. A number of educational institutes were established to understand the traditional education system of the country, these institutions include-

2. Calcutta Madrasa-1781

3. Banaras Sanskrit College-1791

4. Fort William College-1800

Anglicist approach

1. Britishers tried to introduce the modern education system in India, which can be understood as following-

2. Provision of an annual grant of 1 lakh rupee under the Charter ACt 1813.

3. Education Minute presented by Lord Macaulay in 1835.

4. Charles Wood’s Dispatch in 1854, also called the Magna Carta of Modern Indian Education.

5. Establishment of universities at Calcutta, Madra, and Bombay on the Line of the London University.

6. Hunter Commission report on education 1882.

7. Indian Universitycommission 1902.

8. Philip Hartog Commission 1928.

9. Sargent Plan 1944.

Press

1. Indian revolutionaries took the help of several vernacular newspapers and magazines to spread the idea of nationalism among people.

2. Some of the major revolutionary newspapers include- Sandhya, Samachar Darpan, Al-Hilal, Bengalee, Amrita Bazar Patrika, etc.

3. As a result of growing nationalism, various governors-general of India imposed restrictions on the vernacular newspapers like- Vernacular Press Act of Lord Lytton, Indian Press Act 1910, etc.

4. It was Metcalfe who liberalized the Indian Press by Press Act of 1835, hence is also called the liberator of Indian Press.