Charter Act 1813

Charter Act 1813 Presented By Satyabrata Dash
Guest Faculty ,RDWU,BBSR

INDIA SUBCONTINENT
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From Trade to Territory
The Company Establishes Power
Indigenous Education System
• Before the British Rule, Education was imparted through a chain of elementary
schools – Pathshalas , Maktabs and Madrasas for higher education.
• The education provided in such institutions were based on old texts like Vedas and
their commentaries.
• Such education was not considered to be up to date because Vedas, the basis of
such education did not kept pace with the world.
Question that may come from your Mind
In earlier times , the Indians were educated gurukuls, but today we study in schools
with English or Hindi as the chief medium of instruction, So , when did this
transition actually take place ?
Charter Act 1813
Charter Act of 1813
This act was the first step taken by British rulers for the purpose of educational
development in India.
• Under this act, one lakh rupees were sanctioned to promote education in India.
• However, this act had failed.
FAILURE OF CHARTER ACT OF 1813 THE CHARTER ACT
HAD FAILED BECAUSE OF FOLLOWING REASONS:
• It failed to state the language for medium of instruction for educational institutes.
• It was also ambiguous about the means of expanding English education in India.
• It was not stated that education should be given to all or a selected few.
Charles Grant
• Charles Grant is considered as the father of modern

education in India
• He is known so because of his efforts that the Charter Act
of 1813 came into existence. This acts promotes the
modern education in India as it sanctions about one lakh
rupees for education.
Maritime Trade
The English East India Company (EIC or EEIC), later to become

the British East India Company, was founded in 1600 as a trading
company. Later in its history, the EIC gained enormous profits
from its control of the salt trade, tea trade, and sale of opium to
China. The EIC imported so much tea to Britain that it switched
from being an expensive commodity to a drink cheaper than
locally-made beer. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean
region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and
Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
English East India Company
The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East
and Southeast Asia and India. Incorporated by royal charter (The First Governor ) on December
31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the
East Indian spice trade. It also traded cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter(Medicine used to protect
meat), and tea and transported slaves. It became involved in politics and acted as an agent of
British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century. From the late
18th century it gradually lost both commercial and political control. In 1873 it ceased to exist as a
legal entity. It was dissolved in 1874.
• English East India Company showed a very little interest in promotion
of education in India.
• The Only purpose of setting up some educational institutions in India
was to ensure a steady supply of Indians to law courts set up by the
Company. Indian’s knowledge of classical languages was used to
establish correspondence with the native states by East India Company
officials.
Introduction
• In the 18th century, it was the Christian missionaries from whom the Indian
masses basically received religious education pertaining to Christianity. But when
the East India Company came to India it did not allow the missionaries for the
propagation of the religious education to the common people in India. Because
they felt that the education from the missionaries would encourage the religious
sentiments among the people in India that could affect the business policy and the
diplomatic role of the East India Company. Therefore, from 1793 to 1813 the
company did not permit the missionaries to work for the Indian people. Thus, it
created an agitation against the East India Company that the company was
opposed to the teaching of Christ and neglected to provide education for the
Indian. The agitation was supported in England and ultimately made a conclusion
by introducing an education clause which is known as Charter Act of 1813. Hence
this Act ultimately made a state system of education in India.
Charter Act 1813
• The Charter Act of 1813, forms a turning point in the history of Modern Indian
education.
• The Charter Act of 1813 has a historical and an academic significance. In fact, it
is a real landmark in the history of Indian Education as such.
• The company accepted the responsibility of educating the people two decades
earlier than their Home Government did in England.
• Charles Grant Passed an officer in east India company passed an act of 1813.
• He is considered as Father of Modern India Education.
• After that from 1813-1857 the company opened many school and colleges under
their control which was the foundation of English education in india.
Controversy History
ORIENTALISTS AND ANGLICISTS
• Orientalists and Anglicists Debate Orientalists and Anglicist Debate was a debate
between Orientalists and Anglicists due to the issue of language for the medium of
instructions in India.
• Orientalists : People who wanted to promote education in India through the
medium of classical languages such as Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic.
• Anglicists : People who wanted to promote Western Education in India which
supported English as a medium of instruction.
Orientalist Anglicist Controversy
• The Anglicists were led by Charles Trevelyan and Elphinstone, who thought Western
education in India should be imparted using English as a medium of instruction. The
Orientalists were led by Dr H.H. Wilson and H.T. Princep, who were ardent
supporters of the study of traditional Indian learning and western science using
vernacular languages such as Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian.
• The Orientalist Anglicist debate arose from disagreements within the British East
India Company about the type of education that should be provided to local Indians.
• The Anglicists supported English as a medium of instruction, while the Orientalists
supported vernacular languages such as Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian.
• The Anglicists were favored by most of the advanced Indians at that time, like Raja
Ram Mohan Roy.
• Orientalist Anglicist Controversy was resolved eventually in favour of anglicists and
it became the basis of the English Education Act in 1835 under governor general
William Bentinck.
Advantages
• Companies interest in education
• Education is the state responsibility
• Aid of 1 lakh rupees .
• Foundation for the state policy of education
• Turning Point in the history of India.
Disadvantages
• It was under the control of foreign country.
• The monopoly of east India company ended with the advent of the charter act of
1813.
• The Calcutta Madrasa -Warren Hastings set up the Calcutta madrasa in the year
1791. It was the earliest of the state managed educational institutions under the
British rule in India. Today, the university goes by the name Aliah University. It is
said to be one of the oldest modern-style educational institutes in Asia.
• Sanskrit College (Kolkata,W.B.)-Sanskrit College was founded on 1 January 1824,
during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Amherst, based on a recommendation
by James Prinsep and Thomas Babington Macaulay among others. Mahesh
Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, the scholar of Sanskrit, was the principal of the
college for over 18 years.
• Fort William College -Fort William College was an academy of oriental studies and
a centre of learning, founded on 18 August 1800 by Lord Wellesley, then Governor-
General of British India, located within the Fort William complex in Calcutta.
Sanskrit College Now
West Bengal Heritage Commission has declared the 188-year-old institution as a historic structure
Later Discussion Macauley minute & woods
despatch
• The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras were established as the
outcome of Sir Charles Wood's dispatch. The first three universities in India
Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay were established in 1857.
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The English East India Company (EIC or EEIC), later to become

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