English Education in India

Charter Act

1813

The English Education Act

1835

Wood’s Despatch

1854

Indian Education Commission

1882

Indian Universities Commission

1902

Gokhale’s Bill on Primary Education

1910

Calcutta University Commission

1917-19

Hartog Committee

1928-29

Abbot-Wood Committee

1936-37

Zakir Hussain Committee on Basic Education

1938

Sargent Report

1944

S Radhakrishnan Commission or University Education Commission

1948

Committee on Primary Education

1951

Mudaliar Commission or Secondary Education Commission

1952-53

Official Language Commission

1956

Kothari Commission

1964-66

The Study Group Report on the Teaching of English

1969-71

National Policy of Education

1986

Programme of Action

1992

Acharya Ramamurthy Commission

1990

Janardhana Reddy Committee or CABE committee

1992