Hello Harshawardhan, I have rad through literal hundreds and hundreds of Sir Thomas Munro's letters and those of people who wrote to him. Brought up with an undrstanding that colonial rule was wrong, and that the colonialists oppressed all over whom they ruled, it was a relevation to read the inner and often private thoughts of men like Munro and his circle. He knew that much of what had been happening was wrong. He also took enormous efforts to enable Indian's to be able to take back control of India. He did't want any further increase in British in India, and tried for instance to slow down the numbers of British women going to India. He tried to get not just the land revenue system changed, but also the justice system so that it worked better for Indian's. It was a tradegy that Cholera took his life when it did, and effectively stopped reform in its tracks. India would have been a very happier place if he had been spared for a few more years. It is sad Munro's statue is being removed, and I hope it won't be destroyed. A future generation will quite possibly want it reinstated when it has had access for long enough to the original texts to allow it to make up its own mind. Nick Balmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:03 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Unsung hero of Madras > > > Sunday, Jul 25, 2010 > > Unsung hero of Madras > > Of the administrators of the colonial era in Tamil Nadu, > Sir Thomas Munro stands out for his deep love of the > land and people. Is the recent decision to remove his > statue in Chennai justified, asks V.SRIRAM > > http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/07/25/stories/2010072550230500.htm > > --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >