Which Governor-General, Sir Thomas Munro recorded, wanted to make anglicised a country that 'resembles England in nothing'?
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Correct answer: C. Lord Cornwallis
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Cornwallis (1786–93) imposed English institutions — the Permanent Settlement and English-style courts — and excluded Indians from high office, which Munro criticised.
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