Dr. Aziz
A warm, proud Muslim doctor. His trust in the English is betrayed by the accusation, and he ends the book bitter and nationalist.
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Cyril Fielding
The English college principal who treats Indians as equals. He backs Aziz at a high cost, but he cannot fully escape his position.
Adela Quested
A young Englishwoman who wants to see the real India. Her panic in the cave starts the crisis, and her retraction ends it.
Mrs. Moore
Ronny's elderly mother. Her kindness opens the story, her echo experience breaks her, and her memory becomes a symbol for Indians.
Ronny Heaslop
The city magistrate. He embodies the harsh, dismissive English attitude and pushes Adela and his mother toward conflict.
Professor Godbole
A Hindu teacher who stays calm and mystical. He represents a worldview the English cannot grasp, and he appears again in Mudkeri.
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