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VOL. 16 No. 2
Nationalism DiD you know?

Mahatma Gandhi established the Bihar
Indian universities and other educational institutions Vidyapeeth in Patna as part of the
were set up mainly as a response to the British Civil-Disobedience Movement, where
education system. They wanted to counter the effects students were urged to boycott British
of the western European ways and wanted to protect run institutions. other than arts and
their beliefs. This was the beginning of the nationalist science, traditional crafts were also
movement. taught here.
Illustration by:
Mansi Sarwan, VIIIA, St.
Edmund’s School, Jaipur
BRiTiSH EDuCATiON

The British education system was not linked to any
Indian traditions and cultures. The medium of teaching
was English. And the aim of such education, according
to Lord Macaulay was to westernise Indians to an extent
that they are Indians ‘only in colour’. Indian nationalists
were therefore unhappy. They formed the National
Council of Education, in Jadavpur, to bring about a ALiGARH MuSLiM Illustration by: Aadityaa Chakravorty,
VIIIA, Jankidevi Public School, Jaipur
change in education. Initially, Indian education started
by simply boycotting British schools and colleges. Later, uNiVERSiTY
schools and colleges were established which became When the British replaced Persian with
hotbeds of Indian nationalism. English as the official language of the
Court, the Muslim community realised
that it was important for them to know
Illustration by: Shivangi
the western ways to stay politically Jairwan, IXA, Pine Hall
and socially strong and relevant. The School, Dehradun
Aligarh Muslim University was thus
established in line with the British education system,
without compromising Islamic values. It was patterned
after Oxford and Cambridge.
garv, swami Vivekanand Public school, Jagadhri; aman Madhesiya, Vii C,
BANARAS HiNDu uNiVERSiTY Vidyagyan leadership academy, sitapur

It was set up for the introduction of religion OSMANiA uNiVERSiTY
in higher education in colonial India. The This university in Hyderabad is a specimen of the
British believed that there should be no Illustration by: Sunidhi architecture in 1918. It is a pinkish granite structure
religious education in higher education. Vamrolia, IXA, Pine Hall designed by the Belgian architect Monsieur Jasper. The
School, Dehradun
Thus, BHU was an amalgamation of pillar features are from the Ajanta Ellora caves. It is the first
Hindu and British ideals. They taught simplified Hindu Indian university to have Urdu as a medium of instruction.
traditions.
hasini Koochana, Vi b, alekhya, ViiC, gitanjali Devakul school, Kukatpally,
Ketan Meena, Viii b, Jankidevi Public school, Jaipur; Khyati singh bhati, iX hyderabad; sourish ganguli, Vii D, bharatiya Vidya bhavan atmakuri
h, Maharana Mewar Public school, udaipur; sunidhi Vamrolia, iX a, Pine rama rao school, hyderabad
hall school, Dehradun

TiLAk MAHARASHTRA ViDYApEETH

Bal Gangadhar Tilak believed in the success of swaraj,
swadeshi movement, boycotting, and education in the
freedom of our nation. Therefore, Mahatma Gandhi got
the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth established in his
memory at Pune.

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