A history of Elphinstone College, 1827-1890 : a case study in the early formation of an English-educated intelligentsia in Bombay by Ahmad, N

“…However, while the College faced, in its early history, the general educational problems of the period, it was also unique in that, unlike the Presidency Colleges of Calcutta and Madras, it was established in a predominantly commercial city, and was from its inception something of a stepchild of the city's business magnates. The <u>Shetias</u> were not interested in higher education, but rather in improving their commercial links with the British, and the College was a means to that end. …”