Selected Works of Professor S.P. Chatterjee, Vol. I

Contents: Preface. Life sketch of Professor S.P. Chatterjee. Physical geography/pedology: 1. Gneissic topography of the Ranchi Plateau. 2. Ice age in India. 3. Minerals and mineral products. 4. Geomorphology of the Ranchi Plateau. 5. A plea for the study of geomorphology. 6. Pedogenesis in West Bengal. 7. Palaeogeography of India during the Archaean times. 8. Soil acidity study in the district of Howrah. 9. Pedogenesis in West Bengal - II. 10. Hydrographic features of the Adi-Ganga Bhumi. 11. Presidential address: 25 anniversary of the geographical society of India. 12. Classification of the Alluvial Soil of Howrah, West Bengal. 13. Snows and glaciers of the Himalayas. 14. The nature of the clay minerals in the Rajmahal soils. 15. Geomorphology of the Aravalli Range and adjacent areas of Rajasthan Bagar, Marusthali, East Rajasthan Upland and Madhya Bharat Pathar. 16. Fertility classification of some of the soils of the village Hat Basantapur (P.S. Arambag) and Village Udaipur (P.S. Khanakul) dist. Hooghly (a comparative study). 17. Physiography of India. 18. Soil development in the Darjeeling Himalayas. 19. Rajmahal soils. 20. Study of organic matter in the forest oils of the Darjeeling Himalayas. 21. The Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin. 22. Geomorphology of the Eastern Himalayan Terrain. Agricultural/economic geography: 1. Land utilization in the district of 24 Parganas, Bengal. 2. The misuse of land and food deficiency. 3. Food shortage. 4. Land utilization survey of Howrah district. 5. Indian and world food supply. 6. Analysis of dependence of yield on soil nutrients of the soils growing potato in Arambagh sub-division. Cultural geography/demography/urban geography: 1. Regional patterns of the density and distribution of population in India. 2. Human response to the Himalayan landscape. 3. Towns and cities of India as evolved over time and space. Regional geography: 1. Geography of Puri and adjoining areas, Orissa. Political geography: 1. The effect of partition on the economic geography of Bengal. 2. Evolution of political history of India as influenced by geographical factors. National Atlas: 1. The National Atlas of India. Teaching of geography: 1. The Teaching of geography. International Geographical Union: 1. International Geographical Congress and International Geographical Union : their history and development during the Inter-war and Post-war periods. 2. Towards global peace and harmony: rapprochement between developing and developed countries (21 International Geographical Congress, India, 1968: Presidential Address). Published contributions of Professor S.P. Chatterjee. Selected list of awards/recognitions at a glance.