Which document is called the 'Magna Carta' of English education in India?
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Correct answer: D. Wood's Despatch, 1854
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Sir Charles Wood's Despatch (1854) set out a graded system from primary schools to universities, which led to the universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1857).
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