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The English Education Act of 1835 was based on the minutes of:

  1. Thomas Babington Macaulay
  2. Charles Wood
  3. William Jones
  4. Alexander Duff

Answer: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Macaulay's Minute (1835) advocated for English education to create 'a class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste and opinions'. This led to the English Education Act of 1835. [[30]]

Topic Educational Reforms
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