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Why Did Mahatma Gandhi Think that English Education Had Enslaved Indians? - Social Science

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Why did Mahatma Gandhi think that English education had enslaved Indians?

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English or colonial education, according to Mahatma Gandhi, created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians. It made them see Western civilisation as superior, and destroyed their pride in their own culture. Thus charmed by the West and by everything coming from the West, the Indians educated under the colonial system would end up being the admirers of British rule in India; thus, willingly forgetting their enslavement, and enslaving themselves further.

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Chapter 8: Civilising the "Native", Educating the Nation - Let's recall [Page 107]

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Chapter 8 Civilising the "Native", Educating the Nation
Let's recall | Q 6 | Page 107
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