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प्रश्न
Why was the author left with his grandmother in the village?
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उत्तर
The author’s parents went to the city to make a living. So he was left with his grandma till they settle well in the city.
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| Pen names | Charles Willis, E.G.O’Brien |
| Birth | 16 Dec 1917, England |
| Career | novelist, television host, inventor, and film screenwriter. |
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