Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on January 6 said Lord Macaulay was sent to throttle India’s traditional system of education and to mentally enslave the people. Mr. Singh said that the revival of ‘gurukuls’ was necessary to counter the effects of the Macaulayist system of education on Indian minds.
Mr. Singh shared his views in Haridwar, where he lay the foundation stone of Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Gurukulam avam Acharyakulam, a school which purportedly runs on ancient education system and will be built at an estimated cost of ₹250 crore.
“You people must have heard the name of Macaulay. He was a British officer, who was sent from Britain to India so that Indians could be mentally enslaved,” Mr. Singh said.
