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THE LIVING WATER – MUNROE ISLAND(MUNDROTHURUTH)
Munroe Island is 13.54 square kilometre (group of 8 islands) strip of land surrounded by the backwaters of Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River.
After the princely state of Travancore came under the British, a Resident was appointed by East India Company as its administrative head. Colonel John Munro was second among them. During his tenure, Munro oversaw land reclamation efforts in the delta where Kallada River joined Ashtamudi Lake. The reclaimed island was named after him as Munroe Island.
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