Question

What was the Carlyle Circular and when was it issued in colonial India?

1. A degree to prevent political gathering during the World War I
2. A regulation to introduce English education in schools after 1857
3. A degree to restrict use of arms by Indian citizens of colonial India from 919 onwords
4. A decree to prevent nationalist protest amongst students in educational institutions during the partition of Bengal

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : A decree to prevent nationalist protest amongst students in educational institutions during the partition of Bengal

The correct answer is option 4.

• It was issued by the chief secretary of Bengal, Thomas Carlyle on 22 October 1905.
• According to the circular ‘If any college violates the government order and the student quits the educational institution then no assistance will be provided by the government to the institute’.
• It was termed the declaration of slavery.
• It was issued when the Indian youth started opposing western education against the partition of Bengal.

• Seeing these many Swadeshi educational institutions were started.
• The National College of Bengal was started and its first principal was Aurobindo Ghosh.
• Indian Society of Oriental Arts was founded in 1906.
• S.N. Bannerjee- "The Swadeshi Movement was not only an economic or political movement but was an omnipresent movement closely associated with our entire national life".
• Mahatma Gandhi -"The real revival of India started with the partition of Bengal".
• P.C. Rai founded "Bengal Chemical Store / Swadeshi Factory"