Technoscientific Education and the Development Discourse: India (1900–47)

Abstract

One of the chief characteristics of the Indian National Movement is the development discourse that evolved during the first half of the twentieth century. Its leaders, both at the local and at the national levels, were aware of the significance of technoscientific education for social and economic progress. They were articulating new demands while the colonial government ducked citing war situations, economic depression and so on. This article tries to bring forth ideas not only of the Indian men of science but those of the ordinary people as reflected in the Indian language press of the time.