Statement 1 is not correct.
On 10 July 1800, the then-Governor-General of British India, Lord Wellesley founded Fort William College in Calcutta in British India.
Statement 2 is correct.
Fort William College was established by Lord Richard Wellesley in order to provide instruction in the vernacular languages of India to the civil and military officials of the East India Company.
Which of the following figures faced an impeachment trial in the British Parliament?
Who had devised the policy called the 'Doctrine of Lapse' in Colonial India?
Which of the following kingdoms was not annexed by the East India Company under the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
Who introduced the Zamindari system?
During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
The first Law Commission in India was headed by ______.
The Cornwallis Code, introduced in 1793, is known for ______.
Under whose administration was the practice of Sati officially abolished in British India?
