Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet

Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (27 May 1761 – 6 July 1827) was a Scottish soldier and British colonial administrator. He served as an East India Company Army officer and statesman, in addition to also being the governor of Madras Presidency.

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 * If a good system of agriculture, unrivalled manufacturing skill, a capacity to produce whatever can contribute to convenience or luxury, schools established in every village for teaching, reading, writing and arithmetic; the general practice of hospitality and charity among each other; and above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect, and delicacy, (if all these) are among the signs which denote a civilized people, then the Hindus, are not inferior to the nations of Europe; and if civilization is to become an article of trade between England and India, I am convinced that England will gain by the import cargo.
 * Sunderland, Rev. Jabez T.lndia in Bondage: Her Right to Freedom Lewis Copeland Company New York 1929 p.324-325 346Danino, Michel and Nahar, Sujata The invasion that never was / Song of humanity .1 st ed. Delhi: Mother's Institute of Research & Mira Aditi, Mysore, India, 1996 p. 17, as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture