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To those who have known of and followed the history of the Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun since its firtst inception in India by Lord Curzon and Sir Eardley Wilmot in 1906, it may appear curious that the president of the Institute and Colleges should have considered it necessary to issue a pamphlet on its scope and functions. The notable part the Institute has played in forest research and the remarkable results achieved during the two world wars in making India independent of many types of imports have been noted in Nature from time to time. The British forest officers who started and brought the Institute to its present fine position in the world of forest research have left a great legacy in the hands of their Indian successors. The present publication is doubtless intended chiefly for the new India and Pakistan, and for that purpose it may be hoped that it will be widely read. Those interested in forestry research in different parts of the world will follow with keen interest the future progress made by the Dehra Dun Institute under its president, Mr. C. R. Ranganathan, to whom all its well-wishers will wish every success.
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Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun. Nature 164, 215 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164215b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164215b0