Lord Curzon (Governor General of India 1895%u201399 and Viceroy 1899%u20131904 (d.1925) was told by the Secretary of State for India, George Francis Hamilton, that they should %u201Cso plan the educational text books that the differences between community and community are further strengthened%u201D.
Another Viceroy, Lord Dufferin (1884%u201388), was advised by the Secretary of State in London that the %u201Cdivision of religious feelings is greatly to our advantage%u201D, and that he expected %u201Csome good as a result of your committee of inquiry on Indian education and on teaching material%u201D.
