CHARTER ACT OF l813 

CHARTER ACT OF l813 

Clause 43, East India Act, 1813 inserted in the Charter largely influenced the subsequent educational policy of the Company and is rightly regarded as the foundation-stone of English Educational system in India. 

“It shall be lawful for the Governor General-in-Council to direct that out of any surplus which may remain of the rents, revenues, and profits arising from the said territorial acquisitions, after defraying the expenses of the military, civil, and commercial establishment and paying the interest of the debt, in manner herein after provided, a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned natives of India and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India.” 

The clause presented three propositions for consideration : 

(a) the encouragement of the learned natives of India, 

(b) the revival and improvement of literature, and 

(c) the promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of that country. 

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