![]() ![]() Kipling’s parents considered themselves Anglo-Indians and the complex issue of identity and nationality was a prominent feature in his works as the writer himself wrote in his autobiography. Kipling was named after the Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire, England which his parents loved as a place of beauty. His mother was a lively woman and his father was a sculptor and pottery designer who went on become the Principal of Architectural sculpture at Sir Jamestjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay. ![]() In India, he was born in Bombay, presently called Mumbai to a British Family on 30 December 1865 to Alice Kipling and John Lockwood Kipling. ![]() He was born in India and moved with his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling lived from December 30, 1865, to January 18, 1936. ![]()
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