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Download Solution PDFIndian Universities Commission was set up in which of the following years?
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Option 1 : 1902
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Important Points
- The Indian Universities Commission was appointed in 1902 by Lord Curzon to make recommendations for reforms in University education in India.
- Thomas Raleigh, Syed Hussain Belgrami, and, Gurdas Banerjee were its members.
- The Commission recommended regulations for the reformation of University Senates, greater representation of affiliated colleges in the senates, and stricter monitoring of them.
- It was responsible for passing the Indian Universities Act 1904.
- As per the University Act of 1904,
- universities were to give more attention to study and research.
- the number of fellows of a university and their period in the office was reduced.
- five lakh rupees were to be sanctioned per annum for five years.
- Gokhale called it a 'retrograde measure'.
- Saddler University Commission came in 1917-19 to study the problems of Calcutta university.
- Hartog Committee came in 1929 for education reform.
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