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प्रश्न
Rewrite the following in Indirect speech. Do it in your notebook.
“Yes, certainly,” his wife said, “Bholi will be lucky to get such a well-to-do bridgeroom.”
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उत्तर
His wife declared that Bholi would be lucky to get a well-to-do bridegroom like that.
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