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The Calcutta Review January 1919

1919

Everyone is familiar with the Bible story of the creation of the world of the sons of Noah and the Patriarchs. [...] It is perhaps conceivable " says Risley " that one of the many dialects of Hindustani might in course of time become established as the vernaculaof the whole of India though the linguistic jealousies of Hindus and Mahomedans as to the script and vocabulary of the language will not readily be apeased." Sir Edward Gait in the 1911 Census Report complains that the language returns were viti [...] The advantage to Europe and mankind of a common language would be infinitely greater than any loss which could be sustained through the abandonment of a national language." Just as in railway construction the principle of the expendture of the least capital and energy should prevail so in language the gauges should be made to suit that of the country which has the greatest mileage and the la [...] In the Government of India therefore lies the fundamental duty of encouraging unity and as the unity depends on a type of mind produced by western education imparted through the English language the Government of India must keep to itself a large amount of legislative control in education the pivot of the new democracy. [...] Particularly easy would it be in the case of language where a most natural issue of the new national feeling would be the intensification of the already existing feeling in favour of the complete recognition of national " languages as the medium of teaching in all grades.
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Pages
125
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Indian Nationality
1-36 R.N. Gilchrist view
Chaitanya and the Vaisnavas of Bengal
37-55 A.C. Underwood view
An Anglo-Indian Romance
56-71 T.O.D. Dunn view
Jain Antiquities of Southern India
72-79 M.M. Peris view
Major Sleeman on the Spirit of Military Discipline in the Native Indian Army
80-91 J.N. Das Gupta view
The Danes at Serampore
92-118 F.B. Birt view
Reviews of Books
119-123 unknown view
Periodicals
123-124 unknown view

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