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The Times of India
The Times of India
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NAOMI CANTON

Churchill and Austen to be replaced by wildlife on British banknotes

TOI correspondent from London: Winston Churchill, disliked in India for his role in the 1943 Bengal famine, and Jane Austen will no longer feature on British banknotes and instead be replaced by British wildlife.

Churchill currently features on £5 notes with his quote “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”, and Austen appears on £10 notes saying: “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!” JMW Turner appears on £20 and Alan Turing on £50 notes.

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