His father died when he was a year old and his mother Zeenat-un-nissa died when he was three. Salim Ali was born into a Sulaimani Bohra family in Bombay, the ninth and youngest child of Moizuddin. Several species of birds, Salim Ali's fruit bat, a couple of bird sanctuaries and institutions have been named after him. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1958 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1976, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively. 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, create the Bharatpur bird sanctuary ( Keoladeo National Park) and prevent the destruction of what is now the Silent Valley National Park.Īlong with Sidney Dillon Ripley he wrote the landmark ten volume Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, a second edition of which was completed after his death. 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 popularized ornithology in India. Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership (1975)
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