Language Training and Vernacular Development
- When
- from 1800
- Where
- Fort William College, Calcutta
The college trained British officials in Indian languages and fostered the development of languages such as Bengali and Urdu.
Fort William College aimed at training British officials in Indian languages and, in the process, fostered the development of languages such as Bengali and Urdu. The East India Company's administration needed Bengali printed works not only for the training of civil servants at the college, but also for codifying Company regulations and providing a wider audience for British Orientalist scholars. Its teachers contributed enormously towards the development of Indian languages and literature.
Sources
- Fort William College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
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