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The essay challenges the assumption that British colonial rule imposed English language and literature upon Indians as a means of controlling the subject population and demonstrating its superiority as a ruling class. In the Indian context the term ‘English education’ meant a modern curriculum comprised of English literature along with modern sciences, social sciences, mathematics, through English as a medium of instruction. Even when these subjects were taught through the medium of Indian vernaculars, along with English as a second language, it was referred to as ‘English education.’ India’s ‘English education’ is traced historically from its informal origins at the hands of British officers and colonial administrators to the more politically, socially, and culturally complex developments occasioned by its establishment in more formal, institutionalized settings.
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Rao, P. (2021). Teaching and Learning English Language During the Early British Rule in India. In: Chilton, M., Clark, S., Yoshihara, Y. (eds) Asian English. Asia-Pacific and Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3513-7_3
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