Tamil Nadu Timeline

Thomas Munro

6 events, 1814 to 1839; 2 marked as turning points.

  1. 1814

    1. 1814 to 1820Fort St. GeorgeGovernance

      Hugh Elliot becomes Governor of Madras

      Diplomat Hugh Elliot, earlier Governor of the Leeward Islands, governed the Madras Presidency from 1814 to 1820.

  2. 1820

    1. 1820 to 1827Fort St. GeorgeGovernance

      Thomas Munro becomes Governor of Madras

      Thomas Munro served as Governor of Madras, establishing revenue and administrative systems that lasted into the twentieth century.

    2. 1820ChennaiAgriculture

      Ryotwari system adopted in Madras Presidency

      Under Thomas Munro the ryotwari land revenue system, dealing directly with cultivators, became the main settlement in Madras.

  3. 1826

    1. 1826ChennaiEducation

      Board of Public Instruction set up in Madras

      The Madras government founded a Board of Public Instruction in 1826 to oversee education in the Presidency.

  4. 1827

    1. 6 Jul 1827PattikondaGovernance

      Governor Thomas Munro dies of cholera

      Sir Thomas Munro, Governor of Madras and architect of the ryotwari system, died of cholera at Pattikonda while on tour.

  5. 1839

    1. 23 Oct 1839The Island, ChennaiCulture

      Equestrian statue of Thomas Munro unveiled

      Francis Chantrey's bronze equestrian statue of Governor Thomas Munro was ceremonially opened on the Island in Madras.