1. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician.
2. He played a major role in the introduction of English and western concepts to education in India.
3. He supported the replacement of Persian by English as the official language, the use of English as the medium of instruction in all schools, and the training of English-speaking Indians as teachers.
4. On the flip side, this led to Macaulayism in India, and the systematic wiping out of traditional and ancient Indian education and vocational systems and sciences.
5. His final years in India were devoted to the creation of a Penal Code, as the leading member of the Law Commission.
6. He was chairman of first law commission of India and given recommendations for the IPC.
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