Re: [nukkad] Lord Macaulay's Address To The British Parliament - February 2, 1835

[Venu <>]

On Jan 11, 2008 10:39 AM, Rohit Mansukhlal  wrote:

> Rudra is convinced some folks on nukkad can't get facts right in the first
> go,
> so repeat ..................................................
>
> Rohit Zaveri
>
This quotation of Macaulay is a HOAX

Please read the text carefully. This is the language people may use in
closed door schemings and not one used by Politicians publicly.

Secondly,  Was Macaulay a member of British Parliament in 1935 or just a
member of the Governing Council of East India Company?  I think he became MP
much later.

Oh! God! It is wonderful to hear that there was no beggers or thieves in
India in the early 1800s. Good fairy tale.

Apart from various internet sites, is there any source from which the
authenticity of this quote can be verified? British Parliament records are
not secret records. And if the British Parliament did not keep records of
speeches those days, where from did this speech surface?

 Verdict is yours

Don't quote Col. Athwale's article at Rediff as the 'authentic" source. A
173 year old speech must have some recorded existence prior to the birth of
internet. Can somebody quote one?


Venu


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