'The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian' was written by:

Chaudhuri. "The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian" is the first volume of the autobiography of Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, published in 1951.

About the book:

• It describes his childhood in Kishorganj (now in Bangladesh), his education in Calcutta, and the social and intellectual life of Bengal in the early 20th century.
• It is admired for its detailed picture of Bengali society, culture and the effects of British rule.

It was controversial because Chaudhuri dedicated it to "the memory of the British Empire in India", which many Indians saw as praising colonial rule. As a result, he lost his job at All India Radio. He argued that the dedication was meant to be ironic.

Its sequel, "Thy Hand, Great Anarch! India 1921-1952", was published in 1987.

About Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897-1999):

• He worked as a clerk, journalist, secretary to the nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose, and commentator at All India Radio.
• He moved to England in 1970 and lived in Oxford for the rest of his life.

His other books include "A Passage to England" (1959), "The Continent of Circe" (1965), which won the Duff Cooper Memorial Award, "Scholar Extraordinary" (a biography of Max Müller, 1974), "Hinduism: A Religion to Live By" and "Three Horsemen of the New Apocalypse".

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award (1975) for "Scholar Extraordinary".

He was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992.

He died in Oxford in 1999, at the age of 101.

Other autobiographies by Indian writers:

• Khushwant Singh: "Truth, Love and a Little Malice".
• K. Laxman: "The Tunnel of Time".
• Ved Mehta: "Face to Face" and the "Continents of Exile" series.
• Mulk Raj Anand: "Seven Summers".

Why not the other options?

• ✗Khushwant Singh's autobiography is "Truth, Love and a Little Malice".
• ✗K. Laxman's autobiography is "The Tunnel of Time".
• ✗Ved Mehta wrote "Face to Face" and "Continents of Exile".