India, June 3 -- Ex-British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has revealed that he proposed to his wife, Akshata Murty, daughter of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty, in Kannada. He added that he married into a Bengaluru family and embraced Kannada culture, even supporting the IPL team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

In a conversation with the Times of India, the leader of Indian origin said that he chose to propose to his wife, Akshata Murty, in her mother tongue, even though he had not quite mastered the language at the time.

The couple met at Stanford, married in 2009 at a small ceremony in Bengaluru. They have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka.

"I'm married into a Bangalore family, so RCB is my team," he said, ad...