Beyond Macaulay: Education in India, 1780-1860 by Parimala V. Rao Paperback Book

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Beyond Macaulay provides a radical and comprehensive history of Indian education in the early colonial era — from the establishment of the Calcutta Madrasa in 1780 until the end of the East India Company's rule and the beginning of the administration by the crown in 1860.

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Beyond Macaulay provides a radical and comprehensive history of Indian education in the early colonial era — from the establishment of the Calcutta Madrasa in 1780 until the end of the East India Company's rule and the beginning of the administration by the crown in 1860. The book challenges the conventional theory that the British administration imposed English language and modern education on Indians. Based on rich archival evidence, it critically explores data on 16,000 indigenous schools and shows that indigenous education was not oral, informal, and Brahmin-centric but written, formal, and egalitarian. The author highlights the educational policies of the colonial state and the way it actively opposed the introduction of modern education and privileged Brahmins. By including hitherto unused 41 Educational Minutes of Macaulay, the volume examines his educational ideas, and analyses why the colonial state closed down every school established by him. It also contrasts the educational ideas of the British elites and the Orientalists with dissenting Scottish voices. The book discusses post-Macaulayan educational policies and the Wood's Despatch of 1854 as well as educational institutions during the revolt of 1857. It covers indigenous education in Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and modern Indian vernaculars, the impact of the colonial policies on these schools, and traces the history of education in Bengal, North India, and Madras and Bombay Presidencies, as also the role of caste and religion in society. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of education, history of education, Indian history, South Asian history, colonial history, sociology, political history and political science.

Author Biography

Parimala V. Rao teaches history of education at Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Twice, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education, London (2011, 2014). As a historian, Rao has worked extensively on educational policies and practices of the colonial state, Indian nationalists, curriculum, girls' education and funding of schools. She has authored Foundations of Tilak's Nationalism: Discrimination, Education, and Hindutva (2010/2011) and edited New Perspectives in the History of Indian Education (2014/2016). She has co-edited the Encyclopaedia of Asian Educators (Routledge 2020) and a special issue on modern education in Asia for the journal Espacio, Tiempo y Educación (2018).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Methodology and Historiography 2. Indigenous Schools in India 3. The Early British and Indian Interactions 4. Educational Policy in Bengal and North India, 1810–1834 5. Brahiminisation of Education: Bombay Presidency, 1820–1839 6. Ambiguous Educational Policies: Madras Presidency, 1789–1850 7. Analysing Macaulay 8. Undermining Macaulay: The Post-Macaulayan Educational Developments, 1839–1850 9. Closing Years of the East India Company's Rule, 1850–1860 10. Concluding Observations: Addressing the Myths. Bibliography. Index

Details ISBN1032177071 Author Parimala V. Rao Pages 272 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 1032177071 ISBN-13 9781032177076 Publication Date 2021-09-30 UK Release Date 2021-09-30 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-09-30 NZ Release Date 2021-09-30 Subtitle Education in India, 1780–1860 Alternative 9780367335526 DEWEY 370.954 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge India We've got this

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