Who took the initiative to set up the Calcutta Madrasa?
ALord Macaulay
BCharles Wood
CWilliam Bentinck
DWarren Hastings
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Warren Hastings
1. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Orientalists.
2. Hastings set up the Madrasa.
3. He believed Oriental learning should underpin British rule.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._
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