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Subject File 16
II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1989
Papers relating to Divyabhanusinh Chavda's study of the cheetah in India. Includes correspondence with Sandy Morton, Ravi Shahaney, Vijay Kumar Jain, J. Longhurst, Geoff and Diane, Geoffrey C. Ward, M.K. Ranjitsinh, Arvind Kaimal, P. Kattenhorn, Robert Skelton, J.P. Losty, Dilip Singh, Asok Kumar Das and others regarding information on cheetah from Persian miniatures, Mughal paintings, hunting records and other sources
Mildred Archer; Ellen S. Smart; Amina Okada; Joachim Bautze; Asok Kumar Das
English
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Subject File 17
II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1990
Papers relating to research on the history of the cheetah in India by Divyabhanusinh Chavda. Includes correspondence exchanged with M.H. Ansari, Z.V. Geist, Asok Kumar Das, Amzad Ali Khan Sahib, Arvind Kaimal, Vijayrajsinh Jadeja, Bipin F. Tamboli, Rajiv Gujral, Rama Rao Bapu Saheb Ingle, M.G. Gogate, Dalip Mehta, S. Chakraborty, M.K. Shivbhadrasinhji, C.D. Arha, Maharaj of Kolhapur, Animal Husbandry Department, Rajasthan, Cheetah Preservation Fund, Namibia, Bombay Natural History Society, U.P. Forest Corporation, Rajkot Municipal Corporation Zoo, Tata Zoological Park, Zoo Outreach Organization etc.
The British Library; Iran; Africa; Kolhapur royal family; Ashok Atrey;
English, Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati
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Subject File 18
II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1992
Papers relating to study of cheetah in medieval period. Includes correspondence with Sandy Morton, Chetan Singh, Ajit Cheema, Bhim Singh, Asok Kumar Das, S.C. Banerji, Muzaffar Alam, Robert Skelton, Gunther Sontheimer, G.N. Bahura, and others regarding information on references to cheetah in Persian literature
Muhibb 'Ali; C.A. Storey; Ali Akbar Dehkhoda; Richard Ettinghausen; Persian texts
English, Persian and Urdu
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Subject File 19
II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1994
Papers relating to Divyabhanusinh Chavda's study of the cheetah in India. Includes correspondence by Divyabhnusinh Chavda with Satish Chandra Mishra, Donald G. Lindburg, Andrew Ward, M.G. Gogate of WWF-India, Shantanu Kumar, Maharaj M.S. Singh Deo of Surguja, Asok Kumar Das, Maharaj Sahib of Korea, A.K. Sanyal, Ann van Dyk, Patricia Rueb, J.C. Daniel, Colin P. Groves, Peter Lawton, Laurie Marker-Kraus, Elizabeth Braun, Eskandar Firouz, Daphne M. Hills, and others seeking help and assistance for collecting and updating informationreferences on cheetahcaracal such as their geneticscientific analysis and historical aspects, status of cheetah imported from Africa to Kolhapur, details of cheetah hunting in 1930 in Surguja, trophies of the cheetah shot in Korea in 1947, and suggestions for his upcoming treatise on the cheetah in India
Peter Lawton; Laurie Marker-Kraus; Elizabeth Braun; Eskandar Firouz; Daphne M. Hills; C.K. Cooke
English
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Subject File 20
II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1994
Papers relating to the study of cheetah in India by Divyabhanusinh Chavda. Includes correspondence with M.A. Mehendale, Donna L. Hart, Patricia Guyotte, Rupert Featherstone, Belinda Wright, Driec Malan, Sally Walker, Patricia Rudland, Satish Chandra Mishra, Bo Landin, Laurie Markel Kraus, Mark Haworth Booth, S.N. Suryawanshi, Kenneth X Robbins, Eskandar Firouz, and others regarding etymology of various words for cheetah, survey dealing with predation on primates, earliest record of hunting with cheetah in India, cheetah picturespaintings from the Victoria Memorial, cheetahs in Indian paintings, specimen of Iranian cheetah, Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) workshop for lions and cheetahs, introduction of cheetah near Jodhpur, and information on other illustrated source material on cheetah
M.A. Mehendale; Donna L. Hart; Patricia Guyotte; Rupert Featherstone; Belinda Wright; Driec Malan; Victoria Memorial
English
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