[mamelukesabre]

I was told by an Indian that all the educated city dwellers speak english.

[Cronos]

yes and no. By educated city dweller, the person probably meant one of the English speaking elite who are pretty exclusively in the big 5 cities of Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Bangalore and Calcutta

Among the populace of these places, I'd venture that only a few speak English fluently. Many can use English words but are unable to carry on a conversation in them.

do note that even the 2% of India that do speak English fluently are about 24 million in number!