Thomas Munron and John Malcoom worked as civil servants during India's golden age.  They were both committed to the betterment of India and her people.  Both spent a good part to achieve this goal.  Because they had different personalities, the way in which they achieved these changes were different in some ways.

     Munro like the Indian people and felt that they were being oppressed by the British. One way he helped them was by working to improve the land revenue collection methods.  He felt that Indians were paying outrageous taxes, so he spend most of his life to make the taxing system more equitable.  Once he said that he had barely anytime to himself because he was working so hard settling revenue.

Through hard work such as this he was able to get the government to settle the revenue with each individual cultivator, ensuring that they would be able to pay it.

     Malcolm was like Munro because he like working with the Indian people.  He said, "it joys my heart to find myself...restoring great provinces to a prosperity they have not known for years."

However, the way in which he brought this prosperity would been disliked by Munro.  Malcolm went out and conquered small states that still claimed sovereignty.  Munro probably would have left these peoples alone because he felt they would be better off without the oppression of more British prescence.

     In The Men Who Ruled India, Munro is portrayed as someone who is very hard working and tended to work on one task at a time.  Malcolm on the other hand was very ambitious and spent his career conquering outlaw states, being a diplomat in Persia, and having a good time.  He got things done because his was very smart and had a charm that he could use to get people to see his views. 

     Munro and Malcolm both had a love for the Indian people and worked hard for them.  They did their jobs in different manners, however.  Munro worked on the land revenue for most of his life while Malcolm was always doing different things such as fighting wars and negotiate for the defense of India when threatened by Napoleon.  They both made improvements in the lives of the people with whom they worked.