Munro 1839

       Sir Thomas Munro  reached India at the  age of  18 in 1780 and was in India  up to his death in 1827 but for a period of 7 years from Oct 1807 to September 1814. In the  year 1826 he requested for his relief from the Governorship to EIC but they could not find a suitable successor. In May 1827 he left for a tour of ceded districts. On 6th July he reached Pattikonda. He was attacked by Cholera on the  morning of that day and by evening it got worse  and by half past nine in the night  he passed away.     Munro  had a boy child in September 1823 by name  Campbell Munro. Lady Munro  was forced to leave India for  Europe  in March 1826 due to  illness of the  child  never to see Munro alive  again.  On 9th July a Gazette extraordinary was published.  A public subscription was started for erecting a suitable statue for this pro native great man. This statue made in London by Sir Francis  Chantrey  was shipped through to  India  by " Asia " and erected on October 23rd 1839 on the Island.
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