Article ID: CBB102461462

Techno-Engineering Education and the Railways in Colonial India (2016)

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Railways created huge demand for technical personnel in British India. With the expansion of railways, various technical institutions were also established during the second half of the nineteenth century. But there was strong discrimination towards Indians, in the field of educations and also in jobs. Indians were not allowed admission in engineering or upper subordinate courses till 1864 in Thomason Engineering College at Roorkey. But Indians demanded more sophisticated technical knowledge. Apart from the engineering colleges, railway workshops also developed as centres for learning or knowledge generation. In the paper, first, I will emphasize the role of railways for the development of engineering and workshop education in colonial India; second, discuss about the various kinds of discrimination in job and education opportunities, as integral part of the colonial policy for the Indians.

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Authors & Contributors
Sivaramakrishman, Kavita
Kumar, Deepak
Baron, Beth
Hunt-Kennedy, Stefanie
Bhargava, Prakrati
Venkateswaran, T. V.
Concepts
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
India, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Medicine
Medicine, ayurvedic
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
Places
India
Cairo (Egypt)
Europe
Australia
Bengal (India)
Alexandria (Egypt)
Institutions
Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, England
British East India Company
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