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Manohar Malgonkar (12 July 1913 – 14 June 2010) was an Indian author in the English language of both fiction and nonfiction.

Malgonkar was born into a royal family, and educated at Bombay University. He was an Lieutenant Colonel 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 who was educated at the famous Lawrence School, Sanawar, died in 1998.

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