Profiles of English Educated Indians-Early Nineteenth Century Bombay City

Early Nineteenth Century Bombay City Mridula Ramanna The genesis, establishment and development of English education in the first half of the 19th century in Bombay city was, in no small measure, due to Indian initiative and support. This paper looks at the kind of jobs taken up by English educated Indians in an attempt to understand and evaluate the contributions of the English educated, as a group in the intellectual, social and political life of the city.