ABSTRACT
The humble petition of the Students of the Government Sanskrit College of Calcutta, to the Right Hon’ble Lord George Auckland, Governor-General, dated 9th August 1836. Altogether the English, having got possession of this country, neglected for a long time the cultivation of the Oriental languages and particularly the Sanscrit. Grieved at this indifference, many Maulvees assisted by those Englishmen who appreciated the value of Sanscrit presented a petition to the Court of Directors praying for the establishment of an institution for the purpose of preserving and propagating this Sanscrit language of the Hindoos. But to your petitioners' great misfortune and mortification, Lord William Bentinck in 1835 passed an order depriving the newly admitted students of the Sanscrit College of their stipends. The pray that your Lordship will graciously enquire of men, who have studied, the Sanscrit language, its value and importance. And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.
