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During the early years of the nationalist movement, many Indians saw problems with the system of higher education in India, which was administered by the British and was designed to create graduates who would help to facilitate British rule. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya envisioned a university in which Indians would be in charge of providing students from all over India the benefits of studying the subjects offered at British universities while also receiving an education that focused on Indian history, culture, literature, and Hindu religion in a residential campus atmosphere that promoted a sense of national unity and pride.
This chapter offers a background on the establishment of Banaras Hindu University in 1915 and on its subsequent development, along with the controversies that surrounded the institution and its founder, who was known not only as a nationalist but also as a leading promoter of Hindu interests. The history of BHU, from Mahatma Gandhi’s attempt to close the institution, to the British military occupation of the university due to the riotous acts of the students in support of Gandhi’s Quit India Movement during World War II, to the education of future leaders of India, confirms the significant role of the Hindu University in the Indian nationalist movement.
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Renold, L. (2020). Nationalist Education. In: Sarangapani, P., Pappu, R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_72-1
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