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Synopsis History of Education in Assam 1826-1919 describes the nature and progress of education in Assam from the commencement of East India Company rule in 1826 to the grant of diarchy in 1919. The introductory chapter provides the background wherein the salient features of the indigenous system of education as provided under the former Government has been indicated. Chapter 1 describes how the new system bulit Assam on the ruins of the old attempted to conciliate the ex-official aristocracy. The progress of vernacular education and the experiments in Secondary and higher education through the medium of English have been analysed in chapter II. The reorientation and progress of education at all stages-Primary, Secondary, Collegiate and education-have been discussed in chapter III. Adequate attention has been paid to other aspects in the next five chapters viz., curriculum and medium of instruction, training of the teachers, management and control, educational finance and education of the background communities. The closing chapter assesses the achievements and failures during the period under review.