Happy Republic Day !!!
Macaulay was Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord Grey from 1832 until 1833. After the passing of the Government of India Act 1833, he was appointed as the first Law Member of the Governor-General's Council. He went to India in 1834. Serving on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838 he was instrumental in creating the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the Governor-General to adopt English as the medium of instruction in higher education, from the sixth year of schooling onwards, rather than Sanskrit or Persian then used in the institutions supported by the East India Company. By doing so, Macaulay wanted to "educate a people who cannot at present be educated by means of their mother tongue" and thus, by incorporating English.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay,_1st_Baron_Macaulay#India
Lord McCauley in his speech of Feb 2, 1835, British Parliament
"I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not
seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have
seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such
caliber,that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless
we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her cultural
heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and
ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that
all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own,
they will lose their self-esteem,their native self-culture and they
will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation".
Lets not FORGET this on this REPUBLIC DAY!!!!!!
"Dikhawe pe na jao, apni akal lagao.
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