The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were set up in ______.

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  1. 1859
  2. 1857
  3. 1863
  4. 1861

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Option 2 : 1857
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The correct answer is 1857.

Key Points

  • The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras were set up in 1857.
    • The Governor-General of India at that time was Lord Canning.
  • After the recommendation of wood's dispatch, these universities were formed.
  • The Universities of Calcutta and Bombay (now Mumbai) were formed in July 1857 and Madras (now Chennai) in September 1857, followed by Punjab in 1882, and Allahabad University in 1887.

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  • Wood's Dispatch:
    • Sir Charles Wood`s Dispatch of 1854, famously known as the ‘Magna Carta of English Education in India’.
    • It recommended creating a properly articulated scheme of education from primary school to the university.
    • It sought to encourage indigenous education and planned the formulation of a coherent policy of education.
    • In, 1854 he sent a despatch about the new norms of education to that time Governor-General of India Lord Dalhousie.
    • It was recommended that Universities would be working on the model of the London University be established in big cities of India such as Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay. Hence, these universities were formed.

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