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Was the Western education a harbinger of cultural awakening or an instrument of colonial hegemony? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Social and Cultural Developments

Western education in colonial India was born as an instrument of empire but escaped the control of its makers to become a vehicle of intellectual and political awakening.

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  • Western Education as an Instrument of Colonial Hegemony
  • Western Education as a Harbinger of Cultural Awakening
  • The Dialectic of Intent and Consequence

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