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What was the underlying purpose of the East India Company to begin the Modern education in the dominion empire?

Answer»

Various documents of the time reveal that the indirect or the underlying aims of the East India Company to begin the modern education were – 

1. Practical Administrative Difficulties – 

The company was finding it difficult to correspond, discuss with, and to consult and advise the rulers. 

2. Administrative changes – 

The company needed the employees for the official works, who could understand their language, policies etc and implement the changes in the administrative matters. 

3. Commercial centre – 

Rajputana was a main commercial centre, hence there was a need of contact language from the security point of view. 

4. Psychological Reason – 

Dominion interests were the major cause. It becomes the top priority of the sovereigns to promote their own culture through their self designed style of education.



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