6. WOOD’S DESPATCH, 1854

In 1854, Charles Wood prepared a despatch on an educational system for India, considered as the Magna Carta of English…

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5. DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN EDUCATION

Modern education in India was implemented through various acts. It completely denounced the traditional method of education prevailing in the…

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4. THE PRESS ENQUIRY COMMITTEE

In March 1947, the Government of India appointed a Press Enquiry Committee and charged it with the duty of examination…

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3. THE VERNACULAR PRESS ACT, 1878

The government under Lord Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878. It was designed to better control the Vernacular…

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2. PRESS LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN BRITISH INDIA

Some popular press laws and regulations implemented during the Britishers were THE CENSORSHIP OF PRESS ACT, 1799 Lord Wellesley imposed…

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1. GROWTH OF PRESS AND EDUCATION IN INDIA

The growth of the press in 19th-century India was influenced by many social currents. The press developed as a representative…

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11. SIKH REFORM MOVEMENTS

NIRANKARI MOVEMENT Founded in the 1840s by Baba Dayal Das. He preached against the practice of Hindu ceremonies, that were…

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10. REFORM MOVEMENTS AMONG MUSLIMS

Some important reform movements among Muslims were as follows TITU MIR MOVEMENT Mir Nithar Ali, popularly known as Titu Mir…

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9. OTHER SIGNIFICANT HINDU REFORM MOVEMENTS

SWAMI NARAYAN SECT It was founded by Swami Sahajanand (1781-1830) in Gujarat. His original name was Gyanashyana. He was against…

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8. THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

It was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col Olcott in New York in 1875. They arrived in India in 1879…

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