After a survey of the social status and education of women in India prior to the passage of the Government of India Act and the introduction of diarchial government this document provides data on education for females in the Pre-Independence Period (1921-1947) and in the Post-Independence Period (1947-1966). Information is given on enrollment, curriculum, and expenditures for elementary, secondary, and higher education. Also discussed are professional and technical education for women, coeducation, the role of the central government, governing commissions, women teachers, literacy education, and the influence of economic and political changes. (se)