ABSTRACT
In the early days, the British were apprehensive that an educated India might go the American way and seek independence. But the danger, if it ever existed, had passed. The missionaries were now largely happy to work within the established social order. The British had projected themselves as patrons of ancient learning and retained Persian as the official language. A confident and arrogant Britain was now ready for a decisive break with the past. This chapter gives us the history of the shift in colonial policy on language and education and details the various policies laid down by administrators such as Duff, Trevelyan, Macaulay, and Bentinck
