Thomas Lynch (statesman) Thomas Lynch (statesman) Thomas Lynch (1727–1776) was an American planter and statesman from South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Thomas Lynch was born in St. James Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 1727. He served in the Colonial Legislature of South Carolina and represented the Colony in the Stamp Act Congress, heading the committee which drafted the petition to the House of Commons. Elected to both the First and Second Continental Congresses, Lynch joined Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Harrison on a committee sent to Cambridge,
The Statesman (India) Ravindra Kumar and former publisher Anand Sinha of "The Statesman" were arrested on the charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims. BBC reported that the Muslims were upset with "The Statesman" for reproducing Johann Hari's article "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" from the UK's "The Independent" daily in its February edition. The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally has been held annually since 1964. The Statesman (India) The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. It incorporates and is directly descended from The