Complex sentence: He did prevail upon his mother to return to India and in its place, he joined Shri Patel Smarak Higher Secondary School in Dhaulana in 1980, Ghaziabad district of western Uttar Pradesh, where his maternal aunt lived.
Split into simpler sentences: He did prevail upon his mother to return to India. Instead, he joined Shri Patel Smarak Higher Secondary School in Dhaulana, in India's Ghaziabad district, where his maternal aunt lived.