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Intellectuals and Society in Nineteenth-century India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Shanti S. Tangri
Shanti S. Tangri
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San Francisco State College
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This paper describes the landmarks of Western education in India, the content of this education, the nature of social and political changes which resulted or were furthered by this education, the groups that imparted and the groups that received this education, and finally it compares the Indian with the Chinese and to some extent with the Japanese experience.

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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , July 1961 , pp. 368 - 394
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1961

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