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{{Infobox writer | name = Mulk Raj Anand | image = Mulk Raj Anand 2.jpg | birth_date = 12 December 1905 | birth_place = Peshawar,NWFP,British India
(now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan) | death_date = 28 September 2004 (aged 98) | death_place = Pune,Maharashtra,India | spouses = Shirin Vajifdar | alma_mater = Cambridge University
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