• KAJORI DAS

ABSTRACT - The British Government built a few Agricultural schools and colleges in Bengal in order to bring about progress in scientific agriculture in Bengal and also to increase interest about agriculture in the minds of the peasants of Bengal. In the primary stage, the government tried to provide agricultural education to the gardeners so that this education would spread among the urban population but their endeavour completely failed. Their second initiative of motivating the landlords to extend agricultural knowledge remained a failure too. Although they founded a few theoretical and practical educational institutions, but within a very few years their existence became endangered. The British Government failed to eradicate the insolence towards agriculture which was deep rooted within the minds of the common folks. The British Government did not even try hard to do the same. Moreover, their inability to raise interest in agricultural education among the people of lower strata of the society let not their effort to see the implementation of their plan.

KEYWORDS: Agricultur, Bengal, British Government, gardener, landlords, Peasants, Scientific education.

"Government Initiative in the Expansion of Scientific Agricultural Education in Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.339-344, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808197.pdf

"Government Initiative in the Expansion of Scientific Agricultural Education in Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp339-344, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808197.pdf