Who created the fictional character named after the Hindi and Urdu word for "elephant" in the book where the principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli?
Hathi Shree. Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in "The Jungle Book" (1894) and "The Second Jungle Book" (1895). Hathi is a bull elephant that lives in the jungle. Kipling named him after "hāthī" (हाथी),(ہاتھی) the Hindi and Urdu word for "elephant".
Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017), who wrote under the pen name Michael Bond, was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.