Thomas Babington Macaulay (25 Oct 1800 – 28 Dec 1859) was a British historian and politician and father of Western education system in India. The Penal Code he created became the Indian Penal Code in 1860. Macaulay’s education and Penal Code are the pillars of Modern India.
Macaulay created a special class of persons who are Indians in blood and colour, but Western in tastes, opinions, morals and intellect. This class has refined and enriched the Indian vernacular dialects with terms of science & governance and conveyed knowledge of freedom to the Indian population.
In contrast, Dr B. R. Ambedkar as the head of the Drafting Committee, created a special book which is least Indian in spirit, tastes, and morals. While Macaulay’s Penal Code became the Indian Penal Code in 1860 and Western education system, the New Education Policy 2020, the special book remained as Ambedkar’s Constitution which the People of India trying to ‘adopt, enact and give to themselves’ from 26th November, 1949.
Though we name us as Ambedkar’s children and garland the Statue of Equality, we remained Macaulay’s Children in letter & spirit.
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