Career
Ganpat is another name for the elephant god Ganesh. He started his writing career with articles for "Blackwood"s Magazine" on his service in East Africa during World War 1. He wrote many adventure stories in the style of H. Rider Haggard, though most of Ganpat"s stories are set in the Himalayas.
He was an Anglo Indian soldier, and his stories reflect his military and frontier background.
He retired in 1939 with the rank of Brigadier, ending his days in the town of Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor, where he could pursue his passion for fishing. His books include the following titles:
DAINRA,
FAIRY SILVER,
HARILEK,
MIRROR OF DREAMS,
SEVEN TIMES PROVEN,
SNOW RUBIES,
WREXHAM"South ROMANCE,
ROADS OF PEACE,
THE THREE R"South (science fiction)
HIGH SNOW
STELLA NASH
THE VOICE OF DASHIN. WALLS HAVE EYES.(science fiction)
THE SPEAKERS Indiana SILENCE. MARCHES OF HONOUR. THE SECOND TIGRESS. THE SLEEPY DUKE. (Historical novel of the Plantaganets)
THE WAR BREAKERS. He also wrote two travel books on Ladakh, the Tibetan enclave in North-West Kashmir, "The Road to Lamaland" and "Magic Ladakh.".