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Cheetal Vol. 1, No. 1
Journal
October 1958
Congratulatory messages from number of people including the Union Minister of Co-operation on the publication of the Journal by the Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India, M.D. Chaturvedi, Maharaj Pratap Singh of Nabha, and editorial notes about the aims and objectives of the Society as well as blueprint for wildlife and Game Preservation in Uttar Pradesh. Also includes articles on A Model Wild Life Department, Summary of Proposals for Protection of Wildlife, Wildlife Preservation - Right and Wrong Methods, Wildlife in sub-Himalayan tracts, The future development of India's National Parks and Sanctuaries, Notes on Jungle Fowl shooting, Terminology, The Black Buck, Wildlife and its Significance to Man, Pests, It happened in Northern India (True stories of breaches of the Code of Wild Life), How Other Countries Do it, Young People's Corner. An appeal by Col. H.H. Maharaja Pratap Singh of Nabha, Minutes of the inaugral meeting of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India, list of its members, relevant illustrations, Application Form for membership, and advertisements are also published in the Journal
P.R. Deshmukh; M.D. Chaturvedi; Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India; WPSI; Dehradun; Indian Board of Wild Life; Shooting Blocks; Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Hangul; Hailey National Park; Jim Corbett; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Hunting; Big Game; Fishing; Dodital Lake; Pigs; Deer; Extinct Species; Folklore; Emory Kimball; Uma Sharma; Bobby Muthoda
English
81 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 1, No. 2
Journal
April 1959
Editorial titled 'To Ourselves'. Also includes articles titled The Old Dholpur Sanctuary, Big Game Shooting in Kulu, Lahul and Spiti, Mahseer Fishing in the North of India, Lion implanting in India. Editorial Notes include Review of Game Protection in the Punjab, Operation Deer Rescue, Tree Tops Hotel, Miss Maggie Corbett. Section on 'Who's Who' in Wild Life Conservation, It Happened in Northern India, And How they Do it Elsewhere, To Make the Punishment Fit the Crime, Proposed Game Rules, A Blot on India's Independence. Miscellaenous Notes section includes The Effects of Forest Exploitation in Sanctuaries and National Parks, Farming of Wild Life, The Future of Water-Fowl in India, Effect of Pesticides on Wild Life. Points for a Model Talk on Wild Life, Letters to the Editor, a winning essay titled 'How can we Preserve our Wild Life' and Hindi articles titled Prakriti ka Santulan, Dumdaraj Hafai. List of Society Members, relevant illustrations, Application Form for membership, and advertisements are also published in the Journal
Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India; WPSI; Dehradun; Lion; Tiger; Leopard; Jungadh; Gir; Assam; Periyar; Kaziranga; Chandraprabha; Uttar Pradesh; Wild Life Sanctuary; Forester; Bengal; Kashmir; Tribal; Conservation; Sportsman; Gwalior; Sambar; Maggie Corbett; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Mahseer, Wild Life Management, Game Laws; Madhao Rao Scindia; Shivpuri; African Lions; Indian Board of Wild Life; Baini Prasad; Sansis; Goh; Monitor Lizard; Madhya Pradesh; Tanganyika; Indira Bhai
English, Hindi
102 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 2, No. 1
Journal
October 1959
Photographs of the First year celebration of Society, Editorial titled 'To Ourselves', 'Northern India' or 'All India', 'Our Membership' and 'Reciprocity'. Editorial Notes include First Things First, Rifle Clubs in India, Discrimination, Threat to the Corbett National Park, Also includes articles titled Game Laws of Bombay State, Himalayan Shikar, Destruction of Mahseer in the Doon Valley, The Indian Board of Wild Life, Wild Life Howlers from Examination Papers, A Trip to the Corbett National Park, Review of Game Preservation in the U.P, How Our Wild Life is being Depleted: Wild Dogs in the Darjeeling District, and Reflections. Miscellaneous Notes section included The Tyro's Bag, Two for the Pot, The Captain's Trophy. Also includes Letters to the Editor, Young People's Corner, and section on 'Who's Who in Wild Life Preservation' (detailing life of Col. R.W. Burton) 'And How They Do it Elsewhere'. Hindi poem titled Prakriti ki Guhaar. Minutes of meeting of the First General Body Meeting, 19th April, 1959 including speech of H.H. of Nabha, List of Society Members, relevant illustrations, maps, Application Form for membership, and advertisements (including for Bandipur Game Sanctuary, Mysore State) are also published in the Journal
Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India; WPSI; Dehradun; Lion; Tiger; Leopard; White-Tailed Deer; Barhal; Africa; Corbett; Paterpani; Patli Dun; Mallan; Mahseer; Musk; National Park; Chandraprabha; Uttar Pradesh; Wild Life Sanctuary; Vidarbha; Saurashtra; Kutch; Marathwada; Machan; Himalayas; Tanakpur; Garhwal; Kumaon; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Wild Life Management; Col. R.W. Burton, Indian Army, Indian Forester, Darjeeling, West Bengal; Mussoorie, Andrew McDearmid, Janet M. Smith; Edward Thompson; Nehru; Nature Conservation; Roger Heim; Legislation; Census; Clouded Leopard; Indian Gazelle; Indian Board of Wild Life
English, Hindi
104 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 2, No. 2
Journal
April 1960
Photographs of The Society's Flag.Editorial titled 'Ourselves' which includes Deputations, Balance of Nature, Snakes, The Corbett Memorial Prize on Wild Life and Society News. Editorial Notes include A Welcome Note, End of an Era, Wild Life Exhibition in the World Agriculture Fair, New Delhi and Youth and Wild Life. Also includes articles titled Destruction of Flora and Fauna in U.P., Review of Progress Report of Game Department of Himachal Pradesh for the year 1958-59, Activities of the Wild Life Preservation Organisation U.P., Wild Life of the Ladakh District, Musings of an Erstwhile Poacher, The Antler Duel, How our Wild Life is being Depleted (Parad or Butchery of Wild Life in Bastar), The End of the Midnight Prowler of Mussoorie, The Introduction of Game Species in a Country, The White Tigers of Rewa, Shikar in Rajasthan, Tiger Feeding in the Old Dholpur Sanctuary and Improvement of our Sanctuaries (Kansrao Sanctuary). Miscellaneous Notes section include Control Methods, Training of Wild Life Staff, Funds for Wild Life, A Conservation Foundation for India, The Punjab Wild Life Bill, 1958. Also includes Letters to the Editor, Young People's Corner, Our Lesser known Species (The Tibetan Antelope) and section on 'Who's Who in Wild Life Preservation' (detailing life of Lt. Col. E.G. Phythian-Adams), 'It Happened in Northern India, 'And How They Do it Elsewhere'. Hindi article titled Ek Mrigni ka Sandesh. Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, List of Society Members, relevant illustrations, maps, Application Form for membership, and advertisements are also published in the Journal
Wild Life Preservation Society of Northern India; WPSI; Dehradun; Lion; Tiger; Leopard; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Feathered Game; Game Warden; Forests; Fishing; Fishes; Wild Life Management; Uttar Pradesh; Himachal Pradesh; Punjab; Indian Forester; Himalayas; Corbett; Bengal; Sambhar; Panther; Barking Deer; Bharal; Spotted-deer; Ghoral; Buffalo; Mussoorie; U.S.A.; Robert McNamaara; J.De Wet Van Ingen; R.W. Burton; G.H. Scott; Assam; E.P. Gee; Marmot; Ibex; Marten; Otter; Markhor; Urial; Wolf; Snow-leopard; Ducks; Bastar; Madhya Pradesh; Parad; Tribals; Gond; H.K. Choudhury; I. Rynjah
English, Hindi
124 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 3, No. 1
Journal
October 1960
Photographs of Attendees of the Annual General Meeting, 1st May, 1960, Section titled 'Ourselves' which includes The Society, The Cheetal, Membership and Wild Life Boards. Editorial includes Progress, list of Foreign and other journals to be made available to Society, etc. and a section titled The Prime Minister's Pandas. Also includes articles titled Annual Administration Report of Wild Life Preservation in Bombay State for 1957-58, Wild Life in Madhya Pradesh, Some Sorry Notes on Wild Life in NW. Madhya Pradesh, Further Wild Life Notes from Madhya Pradesh, Wild Life Preservation, An Introduction to Wild Life Photography, Fishing in Kashmir, The Tons River, The Motor Car Poacher, Conservation of Wild Life, The Black Buck of Point Calimere, The Game Laws of Maharastra: A Rejoinder, Our Projects and our Wild Life, Out-dated U.P. Shooting Rules Encourage Poaching, Thar up a Chimney and a Burrhel Pastorale, Tribal Hunting, Religious Sentiment vis-a-vis Wild Life Conservation, The Corbett National Park and Ramganga River, An introduction to Angling, Conservation of Trout and other Fish in Kashmir Valley, Picture Story of Trout Fishing in the Pabar Valley, Fishing Notice, Her Last Hunt, The Value of Wilderness, Details of a Deputation to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Nature Study in Foreign Schools. Miscellaneous Notes section include Insecticide Study, Biological Balance, The Lion Show of Gir, Rehabilitation of Professional Snarers and letters exchanged between CCF, Madras and P.D. Stracey, Ringing of Birds etc. Includes Poems titled Sunrise in the Jungle and Call of the Jungle. Also includes Letters to the Editor, Young People's Corner (Bambi our Barking Deer), Our Lesser known Species (The Caracal) and section on 'Who's Who in Wild Life Preservation' (detailing life of Dr. Salim Ali), 'It Happened in Northern India, 'And How They Do it Elsewhere'. Hindi article titled Shikar ki Kuch Vishesh Ghatnayen and Van Jantu Sanrakshan Divas. Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, List of Society Members, relevant illustrations, maps, Application Form for membership, and advertisements are also published in the Journal
WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Uttar Pradesh; Kashmir; Himachal Pradesh; Bombay; Maharahstra; Madhya Pradesh; Madras; Mysore; Rajasthan; Tanjore; Tons; Tamia; Corbett; Ramganga; Hazaribagh; Kanha; Kaziranga; Kalagarh; Wild Life Photography; Lion; Tiger; Panther; Leopard; Thar; Black Buck; Cheetal; Sambhar; Barking Deer; Bharal; Red Panda; Trout; Caracal; Mahseer; R.M. Burton; J.D. Chapman; H.L. Tandan; Forester; Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan; Balbir Singh; Md. Hakimuddin; M.A. Rashid; Journal of Bombay Natural History Society; The Indian Wild Life; Nilgiri Game Association; Pledge
English, Hindi
165 pp.
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