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Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?

A $Macaulay's Minute$
B $Hunter Commission$
C $Charter Act$
D $Wood's Despatch$

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Wood's Despatch of 1854, known as the 'Magna Carta of English Education in India', recommended the establishment of universities in big cities like Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras along the model of London University. Consequently, the University of Calcutta was founded on January 24, 1857.

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Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?

A

Macaulay's Minute

B

Hunter Commission

C

Charter Act

D

Wood's Despatch

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