Archive · 25 Nov 2025
PM Modi Warns of Macaulay's Legacy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently spoke about how a British politician named Thomas Babington Macaulay changed India's education system a long time ago.
In 1835, Macaulay decided that English should be the main language for education in India.
This led to many people forgetting about traditional Indian education and languages.
PM Modi said that this has caused a kind of 'slave mentality' in India, and we need to fix this in the next 10 years.
He wants India to focus more on teaching kids in their local languages, not just English.
He also said that other countries like Japan and China kept their own languages while learning from the West, and India should do the same.
PM Modi spoke about the impact of Macaulay's 1835 policy imposing English education in India.
He emphasized the need to undo the harm caused by Macaulay's decisions by 2035.
The new National Education Policy focuses on education in local languages.
Macaulay's goal was to create an English-speaking elite class in India.
PM Modi aims to free India from the 'slave mentality' caused by colonial education policies.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- What
- Spoke about the impact of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policies on India
- When
- At the sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture in Delhi on Monday
- Where
- Delhi, India
- Why
- To highlight the need to undo the harm caused by Macaulay's decisions and promote education in local languages
- Event
- Sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture in Delhi
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Historical Figure
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Year of Macaulay's Policy
- 1835
- Policy Impact
- Imposition of English education in India
- PM's Goal
- Free India from 'slave mentality' by 2035
- Education Policy
- National Education Policy emphasizes local languages