Kailash Sankhala information

Kailash Sankhala
Kailash Sankhala
Born	30 January 1925; Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India
Died	15 August 1994 (aged 69)
Known for	Environmental activism; Role as first Director of Project Tiger
Awards	Padma Shri

Kailash Sankhala (30 January 1925 – 15 August 1994) was an Indian biologist and conservationist. He was the Director of Delhi Zoological Park and Chief Wildlife Warden of Rajasthan.^[1] He is best known for his work in preserving tigers. Sankhala was the first Director of Project Tiger, a conservation programme set up in India in 1973.^[2] He was well known as "The Tiger Man of India". He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992 and Rajasthan Ratan in 2013.

^ Valmik Thapar (1 February 2006). Saving Wild Tigers 1900–2000. Orient Blackswan. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-81-7824-150-0.
^ Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1993). Forster and Further: The Tradition of Anglo-Indian Fiction. Orient Blackswan. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-86311-289-8.

[Thapar2006-1] Valmik Thapar (1 February 2006). Saving Wild Tigers 1900–2000. Orient Blackswan. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-81-7824-150-0.

[Mukherjee1993-2] Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1993). Forster and Further: The Tradition of Anglo-Indian Fiction. Orient Blackswan. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-86311-289-8.

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Kailash Sankhala
Born	(1925-01-30)30 January 1925 Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India
Died	15 August 1994(1994-08-15) (aged 69)
Known for	Environmental activism; Role as first Director of Project Tiger
Awards	Padma Shri