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T.S Eliot is not only a well-known name in the poetry circles but also a visionary critic who advocated the importance of tradition in the formation of literary canon for the future writers who aims to undertake research, as he argues in his most seminal essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent", that, "the most individual parts of his (writer's) work may be those in which dead poets, his ancestors assert their immortality most vigorously". This concept of tradition, itself prepares the ground for undertaking research in Manohar Malgonkar's A Bend in the Ganges, an epic saga that provides a "historical sense" in Eliot's terminology of the pre-partition scenario. Manohar Malgonkar was an Indian author of both fiction and nonfiction in the English Language. Malgonkar was born into a royal family,and educated at Bombay University. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Maratha Light Infantry a big game hunter, a civil servant, a mine owner and a farmer, and he also stood for parliament. Most of that activity was during to the build-up to Indian Independence and its aftermath, often the settings for his works. The socio-historical milieu of those times forms the backdrop of his novels, which are usually of action and adventure. He also wrote non-fiction, including biography and history. Manohar Malgonkar who earned a prominent space in literary annals, has champion the cause of tradition in his work, as he firmly believes in the notion that one should never forget one's roots because it is from these that we achieve our identity. Therefore, achieving identity of an Indian cannot be duly felt or keenly acknowledged, what it means to be one without referring to what it actually cost to a million of others who struggled in search of a concrete identity, attempting to come to terms with the two worlds, namely India and Pakistan. Literary spaces therefore become spaces of pain when exploring themes related to partition, especially that of India, therefore demanding greater attention from the people across the globe in general while Indians in particular. The present paper seeks to analyze the novel by applying various literary theories in various contexts, thereby expanding its critical understanding in the realm of the reader.