Orwell was born in Motihari Bengal, a British-owned colony that is now in modern-day India. Orwell was born with the name, “Eric Arthur Blaire”, which he then changed to George Orwell before the publication of his first literature. He was born to his father, Richard Blaire, and his mother Ida Limouzin.

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15 Jun 1903

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