A Spy in Amber<\/a><\/em> was adapted into the Hindi film Shalimar.<\/p>\nHe lived in ‘Burbusa Bungalow’ \u00a0in\u00a0Uttara Kannada District,\u00a0Karnataka and he passed away in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One contemporary of the writer Mulk Raj Anand we know little about is a writer who was born on this day in a village in Karnataka – Manohar Malgonkar. He donned many roles-army officer rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, columnist, civil servant, game hunter, mine owner at Jagalbet and farmer. 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One contemporary of the writer Mulk Raj Anand we know little about is a writer who was born on this day in a village in Karnataka – Manohar Malgonkar. He donned many roles-army officer rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, columnist, civil servant, game hunter, mine owner at Jagalbet and farmer.<\/p>\n