Charles James Napier
See also: Napier
Charles James Napier born the August 10th 1782 with London, dead the August 29th 1853, is a general Britannique and Order-in-Chief with the the Indies.
He made the campaigns of Spain and of the the United States, was sent to the the Indies in 1841 and placed in 1843 with the head of the forwarding directed against the Sind and the Balouchistan (provinces of current the Pakistan), all the country in three years and reward overcame was made knight of the Bath.
A famous quotation of Napier relates to the repression of the Satî. A delegation of Indians of Hindu confession approached with him, complaining about the prohibition of the Sati. It was the habit to burn sharp the widow on roughing-hew it funerary of her husband. The exact answer of Napier depends on the source, but the following version expresses essence of it.
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“You known as that it is your habit to burn the widows. Very well. We also, we have a habit: when men burn a woman sharp, we tie a cord around the collar to them and let us hang we them. Build your to rough-hew; beside him my carpenters will build a gibet. You can follow your habit. And then we will follow ours. ”
The town of Napier in New Zealand bears its name.
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