Education: A Chronological Chart

1792 - Sanskrit College at Banaras
1800 - Fort Williams College at Kolkota
1817 January 20 - Raja Rammohan Royestablished the Hindu College, in Kolkota (re-named Presidency College in 1855)
1821 - Poona Sanskrit College
1824 - Sanskrit College at Kolkota
1826 - Governor of Madras established two schools in each collectorate and one school in each Tahsil
1834 - Basel Mission at Mangalore.
1835 February 02 - Macaulay's minute, in which he anticipated 'a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect.'
1835 - Calcutta Medical College, the first Medical College in India (also in Asia)
1844 - Lord Harding established 101 'vernacular' schools in Bengal
1847 _ Roorkee Engineering College, the first Engineering college in India
1854 - 'Wood's Despatch' - survey and suggestions for reforms; creation of Department of Public Instruction in each province.
1857 _ Establishment of universities at Kolkota, Mumbai, and Chennai(Calcutta,Bombay and Madras)
1882 _ Hunter Commission on education (responsibility of mass education shifted from Government to local boards! private sector; grant-in-aid system)
1882 - Punjab University
1887 - Allahabad University
1904 - Five Universities, 191 affiliated colleges, 23,000 students; 5498 secondary schools with 5. 61akhs students, 98, 538 primary schools with 331akhs students; special! industrial ! technical! art ! training schools.
1948 - Radhakrishnan Commission for university education - suggested 1 ° + 2 structure, three languages, scholarships & research.
1950 - Free and compulsory education enshrined as one of the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of the Indian Republic.
1951 - First Indian Institute of Technology (liT) established at Kharagpur
1952 - Mudaliar Commission on secondary education
1956 - University Grants Commission (UGq established by Act of Parliament
1961 - Dr. Sampurananand Committee on Emotional Integration
1964 - Kothari Commission on education at all stages.
1976 - Education changed from State list to Concurrent list in the Constitution.
1986 - New National Policy of Education
1988 -All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) with statutory status; National Literacy Mission launched
1993 - National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE)
2002 - Constitution amended to make free and compulsory education, a Fundamental Right
2004 - EDUSAT, a satellite dedicated to education, launched
2008 - Decision to set up eight new IITs.