<P> The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck , then Governor - General of British India , to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India . Formerly , they had supported traditional Muslim and Hindu education and the publication of literature in the native learned tongues ( Sanskrit and Persian ) ; henceforward they were to support establishments teaching a Western curriculum with English as the language of instruction . Together with other measures promoting English as the language of administration and of the higher law courts ( replacing Persian ) , this led eventually to English becoming one of the languages of India , rather than simply the native tongue of its foreign rulers . </P>
<P> The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck , then Governor - General of British India , to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India . Formerly , they had supported traditional Muslim and Hindu education and the publication of literature in the native learned tongues ( Sanskrit and Persian ) ; henceforward they were to support establishments teaching a Western curriculum with English as the language of instruction . Together with other measures promoting English as the language of administration and of the higher law courts ( replacing Persian ) , this led eventually to English becoming one of the languages of India , rather than simply the native tongue of its foreign rulers . </P>
who was responsible for making english language as a medium of higher education
who was responsible for making english language as a medium of higher education
Lord William Bentinck
Lord William Bentinck