George Orwell Museum

India on Thursday began work to restore the dilapidated house where "Animal Farm" and "1984" author George Orwell was born and turn it into a museum.

George Orwell's birth place at Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district will soon be turned into a full-fledged museum. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Orwell's birth place, the decrepit two-room house on the old opium campus would be preserved for tourists. The Bihar government had earlier decided to declare the house as a 'Protected Site'. ...

India on Thursday began work to restore the dilapidated house where "Animal Farm" and "1984" author George Orwell was born and turn it into a museum.

George Orwell's birth place at Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district will soon be turned into a full-fledged museum. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Orwell's birth place, the decrepit two-room house on the old opium campus would be preserved for tourists. The Bihar government had earlier decided to declare the house as a 'Protected Site'. ...