Q. The English Language was adopted as a medium of Instruction in higher education during the Governor-Generalship of

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Q. The English Language was adopted as a medium of Instruction in higher education during the Governor-Generalship of

Answer : Lord William Bentinck
Explanation: The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by William Bentinck, the 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.
Lord Macaulay came to India on June 10, 1834, as the law member of the Governor General’s Executive council and was appointed as the President of the Committee of Public Instruction. He was entrusted to settle down the dispute between orientalists and Anglicists in 1835. He submitted his famous minutes (Macaulay Minutes) in February 1835 to the council which was approved by Lord Bentik, and a resolution was passed in March 1835, and English is recognized as the official language.

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