Cheetal Vol. 2, No. 1

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Name of the Collection	Cheetal: The Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India
Folder/Categories	Journal
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File No. /Acc. No.	Vol. 2, No. 1
Abstract	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
Author	R.L. Holdsworth (Editor), M.A. Rashid, H.K. Dang, Gurkirat Singh Mann, S.A. Shah, S. Gupta, P.D. Stracey, C.M. Sur, Lt. Gen. Bahadur Singh, Rajendra Singh, Col. H.H. Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh of Nabha, Michael Harrison
Recipient	WWF-India, New Delhi (India)
Keywords	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
Start Date “Period From”	October 1959
End Date “Period To”	October 1959
Extent	104 pp.
Item type/Format	Soft Copy/PDF Image Text File
Language	English, Hindi
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Source/Link	Divyabhanusinh Chavda of WWF-India, New Delhi
Donor	WWF-India
Donation Date	2019
Custodian	Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Right/Copyright	Donor