With reference to educational institutes during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs :
Institution Founder
1. Sanskrit College William at Benaras – William Jones
2. Calcutta Madarsa – Warren Hastings
3. Fort William Arthur College – Arthur Wellesley
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct ?
Answer:
(b)
Core Books/NCERT
Warren Hastings, himself an intellectual, set up the Calcutta Madrasa in 1781 for the study and learning of Persian and Arabic. In 1791 the efforts of Jonathan Duncan, the British Resident at Benares, bore fruit and a Sanskrit College was opened at Benares. Lord Richard Colley Wellesley (NOT ARTHUR WELLESLEY) took the first step for training of Civil Servants when he founded the fort William College, in Calcutta in November 1800 where the Civil Servants of the Company were to receive training in the literature, science and languages of India. Source: (BL GROVER MODERN India, PAGE NO. 176 and 257)