Manohar Malgonkar (12 July 1913 – 14 June, 2010) was an Indian author of both fiction and nonfiction in the English language.
He was also an army officer, a big game hunter, a civil servant, a mine owner and a farmer.
After, he joined the army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Maratha Light Infantry.
The socio-historical milieux of those times form the backdrop of his novels, which are usually of action and adventure.
[1] For many years, Malgonkar wrote a weekly column covering a wide range of topics, which was published in Indian newspapers like The Statesman and Deccan Herald.