TOI correspondent from London: Winston Churchill and Jane Austen, disliked in India for their roles in the 1943 Bengal famine, will no longer appear on British banknotes and will be replaced by British wildlife.Churchill currently appears on £5 notes with his quote, “I have nothing to give but blood, toil, tears and sweat”, and Austen appears on £10 notes saying: “I declare that after all there is no pleasure like reading!” JMW Turner appears on the £20 note and Alan Turing appears on the £50 note.The Bank of England announced on Wednesday that after a public consultation on what themes to use in the next series of banknote designs, nature came out on top. The emperor will remain active on the front.“Under the nature theme, the majority of respondents’ responses reference wildlife native to the UK. The Bank has also decided that images of wildlife would be most effective in developing banknotes with security features,” the Bank said. This means hedgehogs, badgers and puffins could replace the historical figures, who were introduced in the 1970s.The bank will run a second consultation this summer to seek the public’s views on which wildlife should be featured.Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, MP Alex Burghardt, said: “It is extremely disappointing that under the Labor Party our national heroes are considered so ‘divisive’ that they cannot be shown on bank notes. Most countries celebrate their history. Ours should too.”“Already children do not know enough about our own history and national heroes. This will make the situation worse,” said Amir Kotecha, a former British diplomat with roots in Gujarat.