. Sir Thomas Munro and the British settlement of Madras presidency . Sic XTbomas fIDunvo AKB THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF THEMADRAS PRESIDENCY BY JOHN BRADSHAW, , Inspector of Schools, Madras SECOND BrrRESSION OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS: 19C6. h<j i^S /v OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION No name, in any part of India, perhaps, is so familiaror held in such veneration as that of Munro is in theMadras Presidency, though two generations havepassed away since his death. In the town of Madrasthe celebrated equestrian statu
. Sir Thomas Munro and the British settlement of Madras presidency . Sic XTbomas fIDunvo AKB THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF THEMADRAS PRESIDENCY BY JOHN BRADSHAW, , Inspector of Schools, Madras SECOND BrrRESSION OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS: 19C6. h<j i^S /v OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION No name, in any part of India, perhaps, is so familiaror held in such veneration as that of Munro is in theMadras Presidency, though two generations havepassed away since his death. In the town of Madrasthe celebrated equestrian statue by Chantrey servesas a landmark, ever keeping the name of Munro inthe mouths of all; but in the Districts where the bestyears of his life were spent no monument is needed toperpetuate his name or memory. Great changes have taken place in Southern Indiaduring the two-thirds of a century since Munros country has been opened up by railways andtelegraph wires, and the people have been modernizedby schools and colleges. Almost every town whichMunro visited as Collector, Colonel, and Governorhas now a railway station or is within a few hoursdrive of one, and each has its English school, its dis-pensary or hospital, its post and telegraph o
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