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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Shashi Tharoor. Shashi Tharoor won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India’ on December 18, 2019. This book was published in 2016.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 18th century, India’s share of the world economy was as large as Europe’s. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold.

Detailed explanation-3: -The age of the early middle-term period or early medieval period is referred to as the Dark Age. This period started from the 6th to the 10th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India, first published in India as An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, is a work of non-fiction by Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician and diplomat, on the effects of British colonial rule on India. The book has received mixed reviews.