...abolishment of the Sanskrit and Madrassa colleges. Macaulay argued for an English education aimed at creating 'a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals and in intellect' (cited in Anderson, 1991: 91). Formalizing the Minute in the Education...

...deliberate decision of Lord Macaulay in 1835. In his now famous Minute he stated: "We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us ana tne millions whom we govern, a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste,...

...Macaulay's famous Minute of 1835, calling for the primacy of English in Indian education and the creation of a "class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and intellect," (cited in Sharp 1965, 116), initially prevailed. However,...

...Bhabha makes to Macaulay's 'Minute on Education' from 1835, where the latter envisages 'a class of interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern...persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and in intellect'.80 This 'mimic man' 'is the effect of the flawed colonial...

..."Education Despatch" of 1854. During a debate on education for Indians, Macaulay spoke of creating "a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect (quoted in Mitter 2002, 234). In 1854, Wood stated that it was "the purpose...

...advocate of the Anglicisation of Indian society, he wrote in his Minute on Indian Education (1835) that "We must ... do our best to form a class who may be ... Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect. To that...