Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
ornithologist (1896-1987)
Salim Ali
1896–1987, born Mumbai, writes in English, autobiographer
Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the “Birdman of India”, Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularised ornithology in India. He became a key figure behind the Bombay Natural History Society after 1947 and used his personal influence to garner government support for the organisation, establish the Bharatpur bird sanctuary and prevent the destruction of what is now the Silent Valley National Park in Kerala.
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On Open Library
The book of Indian birds1946
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan1968
The Fall of a Sparrow1988
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka1978
Birds of Kerala1969
A pictorial guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent1983Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Elsewhere
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Also writing in English
Kishori Charan Das
1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956writer