#IndependenceDay: Universities in India then and now
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Yes! Education is a vital factor in human resource development and it is a known fact since time immemorial. Schools and universities played a major role in educating pupils about their rights during the Indian Independence movement against the British rule (1858–1947). Freedom fighters, then, had realized one thing that nothing could compensate education, which was the best tool to encourage the youth to join the freedom struggle.The year 1857 was very important not only from the point of view of the first ever revolt we had against the British, but a storm was also cooking up in the education sector, which eventually grew leaps and bounds. Do you know three prominent universities – University of Calcutta, University of Madras and
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Since then, India’s education sector witnessed tremendous changes and even after Independence, the number of schools and universities also grew in numbers. The number of universities has increased 34 times from 20 in 1950 to 677 in 2014. The sector boasts of 45 Central Universities of which 40 are under the purview of
We bring you some facts about universities, which were set up before Independence and still standing tall:
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