Indian Nationalism

British reaction to' the spread of higher education in India began in the second-half of the nineteenth century when young Indians
educated in the universities and affiliated colleges began to see the vision of a-modern Indian nation. With the coming of
Curzon to India in 1899, this reactionary policy reached its climax, success and fulfilment. Like a prudent general, Curzon
reconnoitred the whole field of higher education in India before delivering the final assault. He meticulously drew a plan in 1900
for the reform of the universities in India by bringing them under government control and summoned a Conference at Simla in the
following year to discuss the subject among the European educational experts. Next year he appointed a roving Commission
and without paying any heed to the storm of protests raised by the educated Indians against the recommendations of the Indian
Universities Commission, almost adamantly went ahead with his plan and passed the Indian Universities Act in 1904 and the
Validating Act in 1905, before he finally left the shores of India. leaving behind him a trail of blazing nationalism. Based on varied source materials available in India, this work throws fresh light on the significance of Curzon's University reform in the evolution of Indian Nationalism.