Explanation: The establishment of a Madrasa by a learned maulvi with the support of Warren Hastings was the beginning of initiatives of British government to promote education.

• This Madrasa started with forty stipendiary students. What Warren Hastings had done for the Muslims, his successor was prepared to do for the Hindus.
• Cornwallis established a Sanskrit college (1791) in Benares.

Source: Tamil Nadu NCERT