Question

Short note on pre independence indian writing in english

Answer 1

How and why did early Indian writers during Pre-independance era commenced writing in English?

English is a foreign language but since the British came to India the language has had an impact on several fields—in education, literary effort and as a medium of communication.

Indian English Literature refers to that body of work by writers from India, who writes in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous regional and indigenous languages of India. English literature in India is also linked with the works of writers of the Indian diaspora born in India but residing elsewhere.