Hindu Holocaust
Institutions of higher learning – Colleges
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- The term, ‘Institutions of Higher learning’ was used in the report to indicate colleges.
- The exact data on total number of colleges is not reliably available, as many collectors had not reported the required data, but based on the districts that were rigorously surveyed, for every 10 schools, there was one ‘Institute of higher learning’.[i]
- Rajahmundry – 279 colleges – for about 1000 villages, Coimbatore – 173 colleges, Guntoor – 171 colleges, Tanjore – 109 colleges, Nellore – 107 colleges, North Arcot – 69 colleges, Salem – 53 colleges, Chingleput – 51 colleges, Masulipatam – 49
- The disciplines of theology, metaphysics, ethics, and to a large extent of the study of law was dominated by the ‘Brahman’ community.[i]
- But the disciplines of astronomy, medical science and technology-based disciplines (such as iron work, metallurgy, ship building, mechanics, textile machinery) were dominated by other communities, notably the ‘Shudra’ community.[i]
- It should also be noted that adherence of a jati to discipline was not rigid. A person of ‘Shudra’ class, could very well be in a discipline dominated by the ‘Brahman’ class and vice-versa.
[i] The Beautiful Tree, ShriDharampal, Page 35
| DETAILS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOLS | COLLEGES | TOTAL POPULATION† | ||||
| Number | Students | Number | Students | (1823 Estimates) | REMARKS | |
| Oriya Speaking | ||||||
| GANJAM | 255 | 2,977 | 3,32,015 | Partial Returns | ||
| * | (9,41,004) | Privately in Agraharams | ||||
| Telugu Speaking | ||||||
| VIZAGAPATTAM | 914 | 9,715 | 7,72,570 | Returns somewhat | ||
| incomplete. | ||||||
| * | (9,41,004) | |||||
| RAJAHMUNDRY | 291 | 2,658 | 279 | 1,454 | 7,38,308 | |
| MASULIPATAM | 484 | 5,083 | 49 | 199 | 5,29,849 | |
| GUNTOOR | 574 | 7,724 | 171 | 939 | 4,54,754 | Privately Taught |
| NELLORE | 697 | 7,621 | 107 | * | 3,39,647 | included in schools total |
| CUDDAPAH | 494 | 6,000 | * | 10,94,460 | Privately Taught | |
| 38,801 | ||||||
| Kannada Speaking | ||||||
| BELLARY | 510 | 6,641 | 23 | 9,27,857 | included in school total | |
| SERINGAPATHAM | 41 | 627 | 31,612 | |||
| 7,268 | ||||||
| Malayalam Speaking | ||||||
| MALABAR | 759 | 14,153 | 1 | 75 | 9,07,575 | Those privately taught |
| given separately | ||||||
| Tamil Speaking | ||||||
| NORTH ARCOT | 630 | 7,326 | 69 | 418 | 8,92,292 | |
| * | (5,77,020) | |||||
| SOUTH ARCOT | 875 | 10,523 | 4,55,020 | |||
| * | (4,20,530) | |||||
| CHINGLEPUT | 508 | 6,845 | 51 | 398 | 3,63,129 | |
| TANJORE | 884 | 17,582 | 109 | 769 | 9,01,353 | |
| * | (3,82,667) | |||||
| TRICHNOPOLY | 790 | 10,331 | 9 | 131 | 4,81,292 | Privately in |
| MADURA | 844 | 13,781 | * | 7,88,196 | Agraharams | |
| TINNEVELLY | 607 | 9,377 | 5,64,957 | |||
| COIMBATORE | 763 | 8,206 | 173 | 724 | 6,38,199 | |
| SALEM | 333 | 4,326 | 53 | 324 | 10,75,985 | |
| MADRAS | 322 | 5,699 | * | 4,62,051 | Privately, Gratis | |
| 93,996 | ||||||
| TOTAL: | 11,575 | 1,57,195 | 1,094 | 5,431 | 1,28,50,941 |
† Varying population figures in parenthesis are those sent by the Collectors with the educational data.