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Is the phrase "Being born and brought up in India.. " correct usage? It is at the start of the paragraph

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    Yes, seems like a perfectly correct usage. Of course, providing that the rest of the sentence is structured in a right way. – CowperKettle Jul 21 '15 at 10:06
  • Related (but not a duplicate): http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/48164/can-i-say-i-was-born-in-a-place-but-bred-in-another-place-instead-of-using-bo – Adam Jul 21 '15 at 15:43

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Yes, it's fine.

However, the more common idiom is "I was born and raised in India" (or wherever).

"Brought up in India" would usually be used without the word "born".

I'm speaking of American English here. I don't know if Indian English would be different on this point.

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  • I do think *born and brought up* is particularly common in Indian English. –  Jul 22 '15 at 06:12
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It sounds like you might be looking for a sentence-leading dependent clause. In that case, "having been born and raised" sounds more natural. For example:

Having been born and raised in India, I am fluent in Hindi.

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