इं 1980 माइथायनि दशकआव जेब्ला भारतआव राष्ट्रवादी गोहोआ टाउन आरो जायगानि ब्रिटिश मुंफोरखौ सोलायनो आरो ब्रिटिश गलाफोरखौ बोखारनो हुखुम होयो, अब्ला मालगुडीनि मेयर आरो सिटी काउंसिलआ मालगुडीनि थागिबिफोरफोरनिफ्राय गंसे फ्रेडरिक लॉलीनि गोबाव समनिफ्राय सोलिबोनाय मुसुखाखौ बोखारनाय जायो।
In the 1980s, when the nationalistic fervour in India dictated the changing of British names of towns and localities and the removal of British landmarks, Malgudi's mayor and city council removed the long-standing statue of Frederick Lawley, one of Malgudi's early residents.