With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs :
InstitutionFounder
Sanskrit College at Benaras–William Jones
Calcutta Madrasa–Warren Hastings
Fort William College–Arthur Wellesley
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by William Jones in Calcutta in 1784.
Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Sanskrit college at Varanasi was founded by Jonathan Duncan for the study of Hindu Law & Philosophy (1791).
Pair 3 is correctly matched: Fort William College was set up in Calcutta by Lord Wellesley in 1800.
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