Kipling married in 1865 and moved with his wife to India, where he had been appointed as a professor of architectural sculpture in the Jeejeebhoy School of Art in Bombay (now Mumbai), and later became its principal.
Kipling menikah pada tahun 1865 dan pindah bersama istrinya ke India, di mana ia telah ditunjuk sebagai profesor arsitektur patung di Sekolah Seni Jeejeebhoy di Bombay (sekarang Mumbai), dan kemudian menjadi kepala sekolah.