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==Individuals==The Indian '''Forestry''' Department of India was created in 1867, under the leadership of Dr Dietrich Brandis <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Brandis '''Dietrich Brandis'''] 1824-1907 (Wikipedia) who was appointed Inspector General of Forests in India in 1864. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1776414 Obituary]</ref> ==Training of Officers== * 1867 - 1885 student officers received training in France and Germany* 1885 -1906 student officers received training at the Royal Indian College at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK.* 1906-1927 student officer received training via Oxford , Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. * 1927 -1938 student officers were trained at the Imperial Forest Research Institute at [[Dehra Dun]], which had been established in 1906. ==Some sources of records== ===Asian and African Reading Rooms (British Library)=== * Names of individuals may be found in the annual directories on the open shelves * The forestry department was considered part of the [[Public Works Department]]. References to employment service may , therefore, be found amongst the L/PWD records at the [[British Library]]. For example, L/PWD/8/11 relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in candidates' application papers for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill 1871-1903.* L/PJ/6/776 – relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in Indian Forest Service candidates' application papers (1906) ===Records Online=== *[http://www.archive.org/stream/classifiedlistof00indirich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Classified list of forest officers of the Imperial and Provincial services in India and Burma on 1st January 1916''] Archive.org ==Notes==<references/>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/classifiedlistof00indirich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Classified list of forest officers of the Imperial and Provincial services in India and Burma on 1st January 1916''] Archive.org
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==External links==
*[http://www.indianetzone.com/36/developments_forestry_british_india.htm Developments in Forestry, British India] from History of India, Indianetzone
*[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7fjojpPRRf4J:www.sfri.org/images/general/article_brit_ind.pdf+Natural+History,+British+India&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShbDkIx9DPsTPfGWLGMmPLl-m2uqpZDShwRWA1Ugrf0dzA3VSZVpTMgAsyye_GIknBLCnzn2DGq_gYBcHGRmY_gL4VJaXXhm-oCZGs3hEthDzJIN3yvmSr157hHC3focf5i6TNt&sig=AHIEtbRfLHM7wFLzKR7iBGRNQ9pAHffd2A “British India’s forestry and modern environmentalism”] by GN Sinha 2006. Htm version. Originally from [http://www.sfri.org/general.htm SFRI]
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924002927683#page/n1/mode/2up ''The work of the Forest Department in India''] edited by Robert Scott Troup 1917 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/100yearsofindian029827mbp#page/n9/mode/2up ''100 years of Indian Forestry 1861-1961 Volume 1''] by VS Rao 1961 Archive.org
