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Which 1854 document is often called the ‘Magna Carta of English education in India’?

Correct answer C. Wood's Despatch

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Sir Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 proposed a graded school system, grants-in-aid and universities, leading to the universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857.

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