Impact of British Rule on India Class 8 DAV Notes
→ The British era brought significant changes in every aspect of the Indian Society – education,
public institutions, reforms in caste system and the condition of women.
→ Before the East India company began in India, education was limited to reading of religious
books in vernacular languages and learning arithmetical tables.
→ The Charter Act of 1813 was the first significant step of Britishers in which they sanctioned a
sum of one lakh rupees for Indian’s education.
→ The British established the Hindu and Elphinstone Colleges in Calcutta and Bombay
respectively. These institutions produced English educated Indian elite class, who followed
western etiquettes, dress and eating habits.
→ A controversy arose between the Orientalists and the Anglicists regarding the medium of
education. The Orientalists favoured the traditional system with Sanskrit and Persian as the
medium of instruction whereas the Anglicists favoured English as the medium of instruction.
→ Wood’s Despatch of 1854 made major changes in the education policy of the British
Universities were set up at the Presidency towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
→ Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, passed the Indian Universities Act of 1904 to check the
growth of higher education in India.
→ The need for universal education was felt. Hence, Gandhiji initiated Wardha Scheme of
Education in 1937. This committee proposed a National Education System that would inculcate
the moral values of truth, goodness and justice among the Indians.
→ The British system of education had its positive and negative impacts. The English language
united the people of India. It created awareness about the ideals of equality, liberty, fraternity
and democracy. But at the same time it created a division between English educated Indians
and the rest of Indians.
→ The British system of education had its positive and negative impacts. The English language
united the people of India. It created awareness about the ideals of equality, liberty, fraternity
and democracy. But at the same time it created a division between English educated Indians
and the rest of Indians.
→ Many socio-religious reform movements started in different parts of India. Shri Narayana
Guru campaigned against caste system, untouchability, Brahmin dominance and discrimination
against the lower castes.
→ The British era brought significant changes in every aspect of the Indian Society – education,
public institutions, reforms in caste system and the condition of women.
→ Before the East India company began in India, education was limited to reading of religious
books in vernacular languages and learning arithmetical tables.
→ The Charter Act of 1813 was the first significant step of Britishers in which they sanctioned a
sum of one lakh rupees for Indian’s education.
→ The British established the Hindu and Elphinstone Colleges in Calcutta and Bombay
respectively. These institutions produced English educated Indian elite class, who followed
western etiquettes, dress and eating habits.
→ A controversy arose between the Orientalists and the Anglicists regarding the medium of
education. The Orientalists favoured the traditional system with Sanskrit and Persian as the
medium of instruction whereas the Anglicists favoured English as the medium of instruction.
→ Wood’s Despatch of 1854 made major changes in the education policy of the British
Universities were set up at the Presidency towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
→ Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, passed the Indian Universities Act of 1904 to check the
growth of higher education in India.
→ The need for universal education was felt. Hence, Gandhiji initiated Wardha Scheme of
Education in 1937. This committee proposed a National Education System that would inculcate
the moral values of truth, goodness and justice among the Indians.
→ The British system of education had its positive and negative impacts. The English language
united the people of India. It created awareness about the ideals of equality, liberty, fraternity
and democracy. But at the same time it created a division between English educated Indians
and the rest of Indians.
→ The British system of education had its positive and negative impacts. The English language
united the people of India. It created awareness about the ideals of equality, liberty, fraternity
and democracy. But at the same time it created a division between English educated Indians
and the rest of Indians.
→ Many socio-religious reform movements started in different parts of India. Shri Narayana
Guru campaigned against caste system, untouchability, Brahmin dominance and discrimination
against the lower castes.
