Manohar Malgonkar





Manohar Malgonkar

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born
July 12, 1913 in Bombay, India

died
June 14, 2010

gender
male

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Manohar Malgonkar was an Indian author in the English language of both fiction and nonfiction.

Malgonkar was born in a royal family, and educated at Bombay University. He was an officer in the Maratha Light Infantry, a big game hunter, a civil servant, a mine owner and a farmer, and he also stood for parliament. Most of that activity was during the build up to Indian independence and its aftermath, often the settings for his works. The socio-historical milieu of those times form the backdrop of his novels, which are usually of action and adventure. He also wrote non-fiction, including biography and history.

Malgonkar lived in a remote bungalow, at some distance from the town of Belgaum, Karnataka. His only child Sunita (educated at the famous...more


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The Men Who Killed Gandhi
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A Bend in the Ganges
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The Devil's Wind: Nana Saha...
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Krishna Shah's Shalimar
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The Princes
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A Bend In The Ganges
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Cactus Country
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Combat Of Shadows
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