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Dr Prabir Chatterjee wrote Yes, Dharampal's sources were in government libraries- so references to
Serampore would not be frequent. Also Dharampal was studying the state of
indigeneous education- so he would not have looked at government schools. He
lists his references- so anybody who wants can study the documents and reach
their own conclusions.
The basic idea was to help the Gandhian movement (Nai Talim in education) to
find inspiration in what had disappeared under British influence. The bit about
how in Bengal all castes studied in Tolas is interesting. Today neither Sanskrit
nor English are studied much in the poorer communities. Whereas the "forward"
groups study both. In that sense the pre-British system (which was under the
Nawabs of Bengal) was more egalitarian.
I expect that there was a gender bias then.
Certainly the British opposed conversion in Bengal and they pushed the
missionaries out of their territory. This is different from the situation in
Tamil Nadu.
Prabir
Dr Walter Fernandes wrote: Just a correction Cynthia. Carey lived in Serampore not because of British
opposition to HIS work but till 1833 when the British Parliament deleted
this clause from the agreement, the British East India Company banned
missionaries from all East India Company held territories. Bye Walter --
Dr Walter Fernandes
Director, North Eastern Social Research Centre
110 Kharghuli Road (1st floor)
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