In a telegram sent to Hamilton in 1902, who among the following proposed…
2023
In a telegram sent to Hamilton in 1902, who among the following proposed appointing six permanent members to the Indian Universities Commission?
Answer: C. Lord Curzon — ConceptIn colonial-education history, distinguish the executive authority who initiates a commission from its chair or members, and from similarly named…
- A.
S. H. Wood
- B.
A. Abbott
- C.
Lord Curzon
- D.
Lord Macaulay
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Correct answer: C
Concept
In colonial-education history, distinguish the executive authority who initiates a commission from its chair or members, and from similarly named reports. Match the date to the official's tenure and policy action.
Application
In 1902, Lord George Hamilton was the Secretary of State for India, while Lord Curzon was the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Curzon's telegram of 13 January 1902 proposed six permanent members for the Indian Universities Commission, with Thomas Raleigh as chairman.
The Government of India resolution dated 27 January 1902 then constituted the commission with the Secretary of State's concurrence.
Cross-check and contrast
A. Abbott and S. H. Wood are associated with the Abbott-Wood Report on vocational education, submitted in 1937.
Lord Macaulay is associated with the Minute on Indian Education of 1835.
The Raleigh Commission belongs to Curzon's viceroyal term of 1899–1905.
Therefore, the proposal in the telegram was made by Lord Curzon.