Thackeray memorial: after & before renovation.
Now the structure looks dull. The earlier color scheme looked better.
This obelisk was raised to the memory of St John Thackeray, a British collector and political agent for the Southern Mahratta Doab region, who was killed in the rebellion at Kittur on 23rd October 1824. Thackeray was slain by Amatur Balappa in a battle between British forces and Kittur Rani Chennamma's army. Thackeray was buried with full military honours in an European cemetery which is the present day Maniqilla area of Dharwad. Sadly, the historical cemetery of Dharwad has been vandalized and desecrated.
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