Trailblazers of British India’s Forestry The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists - Martin Luther King, Jr. Prelude It has been quite some months since my last posting in www.wildcries.com. Not that there were paucity of engaging themes but other personal engagements put off my desire to pen my thoughts. It is heartening though to notice that my previous posts have touched about 85000 views world over so far. On a morning a fortnight ago, I opened the WhatsApp message box from one of my retired IFS colleagues from Tamil Nadu, India Thiru V.Ganesan who has recollected the 205th birth anniversary of an outstanding British forester who served the Madras Presidency among his several other positions he held in the British Empire forest service. The date was 9th August that happened to be the birth day of Dr.H.F.C.Cleghorn in 1820. Reminiscing on the message and as a professional deeply interested...
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