Correspondence on the subject of the education of the Muhammadan community in British India and their employment in the public service generally (Calcutta: Government Printing India, 1886)

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Correspondence of 1882—85 on the subject of the position and claims of the
Muhammadan community in British India-

(a) Grievances represented in a memorial from the National Muhammadan
Association at Calcutta-
Letter from the Bengal Government, No. 104, dated 17th February 1882, forwarding a com-
munication from the Secretary to the National Muhammadan Association enclosing the
memorial 237—244
Home Department Circular to Local Governments and Administrations, Nos. 4—181 to 189,
dated 8th March 1882, calling for a report on the memorial . .... 244
Letter to the Bengal Government, No. 190, dated 8th March 1882, asking for a similar report . 245

Replies to the above-mentioned circular and letter-
Letter from the Government of Madras, No. 574, dated 28th June 1882, with enclosures . 245—261
„ „ of Bombay, No. 1758, dated 6th October 1882, with enclosures . 261—274
„ „ of Bengal, No. 481 T. G., dated 14th October 1882, with enclosures 275—285
„ „ of North-Western Provinces and Oudh, No. 1401, dated 16th April
1883, with enclosures ...... 285—291
„ „ of Punjab, No. 916, dated 19th April 1883, with enclosures . 291—318
„ the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, No. 3438—186, dated 4th Septem-
ber 1882, with enclosure .... 318—322
„ of British Burma, No. 531—144 N., dated 16th May 1882,
with enclosures ...... 322—324
„ „ „ of Assam, No. 5401, dated 21st October 1882, with en-
closures ....... 324—338
„ „ „ of Coorg, No. 332—19, dated 28th May 1882, with
enclosures ....... 338—340
„ the Resident at Hyderabad, No. 427, dated 14th November 1882, with enclosure . 340—345
(b) Correspondence on the subject of raising the Calcutta Madrassah to
the status of a second grade College-

Extract paragraphs 13 and 14 from a letter from the Government of Bengal, No. 481 T. G., dated
14th October 1882 345—346
Letter from the Government of Bengal, No. 504, dated 24th November 1882 .... 346
„ the Government of India, Home Department, to the President of the Education
Commission, No. 565, dated 21st December 1882 ..... 346
„ the President of the Education Commission, No. 4607, dated 17th March 1883 . 346—348
„ the Government of Bengal, No. 423 T. G., dated 30th June 1883, with enclosure . 348—353
„ the Government of India, Home Department, to the Government of Bengal,
No. 279, dated 13th August 1883 353
Financial Despatch from the Government of India, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, No. 242,
dated 31st August 1883 ........... 353—354
From Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, to the Government of India, No. 121, dated 25th
October 1883 354
From the Government of India, Home Department, to the Government of Bengal, No. 418,
dated 13th December 1883 .......... 354

(c) Proposals of the Education Commission regarding Muhammadan educa-
tion and views of Local Governments and Administrations on the
subject-
Extract paragraphs 555 to 581 of the Report of the Education Commission .... 354—372
Extracts from the letters of Local Governments and Administrations on the Commission’s Report 372—375

(d) Home Department Resolution Nos. 7—215-25, dated 15th July 1885,
reviewing the whole subject ...... 375—391