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It was February 1835, a time when the British were striving to take
control of the whole of India. Lord Macaulay, a historian and a
politician, made a historical speech in the British Parliament,
commonly referred to as The Minutes, which struck a blow at the
centuries old system of Indian education.
His words were to this effect: "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 spiritual and 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
dominuted nation."
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