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Manohar malgonkar author of the men who killed gandhi. To the british, nana saheb was a monster to fright children with, the bloodthirsty butcher of the mutiny that swept across india in the 1850s before it was courageously suppressed by a handful of troops of the british east india company. About the book manohar malgonkar 192010 occupies an important place in the canons of indian literature in english, particularly for his historical fiction with political undertones. The men who killed gandhi by manohar malgonkar overdrive. This is a description of contemporary india and some of its recent history in the form of an autobiography.
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