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With reference to the Fort William College Calcutta, which of the statement/s is/are correct? 1. It was founded on 10th June, 1800 A.D. within the Fort William Complex in Calcutta. 2. The main purpose of establishing this college, was to teach Indian languages to British officers. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

With reference to the Fort William College Calcutta, which of the statement/s is/are correct? 1. It was founded on 10th June, 1800 A.D. within the Fort William Complex in Calcutta. 2. The main purpose of establishing this college, was to teach Indian languages to British officers. Select the correct answer using the code given below: Correct Answer Only 2

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

  •  Fort William College Calcutta:-
    • Fort William College was an academy of oriental studies and a centre of learning, founded on 10 July 1800 by Lord Wellesley, then Governor-General of British India, located within the Fort William complex in Calcutta. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
    • Wellesley started Fort William College to train the European Administrators.
    • Fort William College aimed at training British officials in Indian languages. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
    • The idea was to teach the British rookies to understand the Oriental Culture, tradition, law and administration to better coordinate in the “governance”.
    • Lord Wellesley:
      • ​Lord Wellesley remained Governor-General of Bengal from 1798 to 1805.
      • Wellesley followed the policy of “subsidiary alliance”, which was accepted by the rulers of Mysore, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bundi, Macheri, Bharatpur, Oudh, Tanjore, Berar, Peshwa and Nizam of Hyderabad.
      • In 1799, Lord Wellesley brought the Censorship of Press Act to stop the French from publishing anything which could harm the British in any way.

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