बॉम्बे एज्युकेशन सोसायटीचा मुख्य हेतु काय होता ?
अ. गरीब हिंदू मुलांना शिक्षण देणे.
ब. गरीब युरोपियन मुलांना शिक्षण देणे.
क. गरीब आदिवासी मुलांना शिक्षण देणे.
योग्य पर्याय निवडा :

The correct answer is Option D (b only).

Key Points:
• Bombay Education Society (Founded 1815):
• Established on 29th January 1815 under the leadership of Archdeacon George Barnes as the 'Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor within the Government of Bombay'.
• Primary Objective: The original and foundational purpose was to care for, shelter, and educate poor European and Anglo-Indian children, especially orphans of British soldiers and company servants.
• In 1820, a special committee was formed to consider native schooling, which in 1822 branched off as the 'Bombay Native School Book and School Society' (later Bombay Native Education Society under Mountstuart Elphinstone and Jagannath Shankarsheth).
• The core mandate of the parent Bombay Education Society remained the upliftment and schooling of destitute European children.
• Key Takeaway: Bombay Education Society (1815) was primarily established to educate poor European/Eurasian children.