Shiba P. Chatterjee

Shiba Prasad Chatterjee (22 February 1903 – 27 February 1989) was a Professor of Geography at the University of Calcutta, India. He served as President of the International Geographical Union from 1964 until 1968,[1] Chatterjee received a Murchison Award from the Royal Geographical Society in 1959, and a Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 1985.[2] He coined the name 'Meghalaya' for one of India's states.[3]

Bibliography
  • Chatterjee, S.P. (15 August 1965). "Chapter 1: Physiography". In Government of India, The Central Gazetteers Unit (ed.). The Gazetteer of India, The Indian Union. Volume One: Country and People. Nasik: Government of India Press. pp. 1–65.
  • Chatterjee, S.P. (1983). Junior College Geography. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. ISBN 978-0-86131-090-6.

References
  1. "History of International Geographical Union". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015.
  3. "Le plateau de Meghalaya (Garo-Khasi-Jaintia)". Nature. 139 (3516): 489. 20 March 1937. doi:10.1038/139489b0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 26835789.

Sources
  • Mookerjee, S. (1998): Shiba P. Chatterjee, 1903–1989. Geographers: biobibliographical studies 18.
  • "S P Chatterjee Memorial Series". INCA website. Indian National Cartographic Association. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.


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