Who has written the book 'Train to Pakistan'?

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by YogitaMahadev (114k points)
selected Mar 1, 2022 by IshmeetKaur

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : Khushwant Singh

The Correct Answer is Khushwant Singh.

Khushwant Singh's historical novel Train to Pakistan was released in 1956.
It tells the storey of India's partition in August 1947 through the eyes of Mano Majra, a fictional border village.
In 1998, a film based on this novel with the same title, Train to Pakistan, was released.
A play based on this novel with the same title "Train to Pakistan" was staged at Lamakaan, an open cultural space in Hyderabad, India, with the first chapter "Dacoity."

Khushwant Singh was an Indian politician, author, lawyer, diplomat, and diplomat.
Khushwant Singh received the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned it in 1984 in protest of the Indian Army's attack on Amritsar during Operation Blue Star.
In 2007, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.

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Ruskin Bond is a British-born Indian poet. In 1992, he received the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel in English, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. In 1999, he received the Padma Shri, and in 2014, he received the Padma Bhushan.