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Q. When did Lord William Bentinck declare “the great object of British Government ought to be the promotion of literature and science among the natives and that the funds appropriated for education should be best employed on English education alone.."?
Answer: 1835
Notes: In the year 1835, William Bentinck declared English as the medium of education. The supporter of the English language got strength after the arrival of Lord Macaulay.

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