Salim Ali's lifelong interest in birds began after a specific boyhood incident. What was it?

He shot a yellow-throated sparrow with an air gun and couldn't identify it. He shot a yellow-throated sparrow with an air gun and could not name it. The bird had a yellow patch on its throat. He took it to the Bombay Natural History Society. There W.S. Millard identified it and showed him the stuffed birds. Millard also lent him books. The falcon, the gifted book and the zoo visit are not part of the story. Memory hook: one sparrow, one Society, one career. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

Which book, first printed in 1941, did Salim Ali write to make bird watching popular in India?

The Book of Indian Birds. The Book of Indian Birds is the answer. It first appeared in 1941. It is now in its 13th edition and also has a Hindi translation. The Birds of Kutch came in 1945. The Birds of Sikkim came in 1962. The Fall of a Sparrow is his 1985 memoir. Memory hook: 1941 is the people's bird book. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

With which American scientist did Salim Ali write the ten-volume Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan?

S. Dillon Ripley. S. Dillon Ripley is the answer. The two men worked on the Handbook from 1964 to 1974. Ripley focused on naming and classifying birds. Ali focused on how birds live. Stresemann was Ali's teacher in Berlin. Whistler kept careful bird notes and Millard identified the boyhood sparrow. Memory hook: Ripley and Ali, ten volumes. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

Salim Ali trained in scientific ornithology in Berlin under which professor?

Erwin Stresemann. Erwin Stresemann is the answer. He taught Ali at the Zoological Museum in Berlin. India had no school of scientific ornithology then. Ali called Stresemann his guru for life. Father Blatter taught him at St. Xavier's College in Bombay. Whistler wrote notes on Indian birds. Memory hook: Berlin means Stresemann. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

The Silent Valley hydroelectric project of the 1970s was planned on which river?

Kunthipuzha. The Kunthipuzha is the answer. The Kerala State Electricity Board planned a dam on it. Protests followed from many scientists. Salim Ali was one who wrote to the Centre. The Bharathapuzha is where the Kunthipuzha finally meets. The Periyar and the Pamba are other Kerala rivers. Memory hook: Silent Valley sits on the Kunthipuzha. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

In which year was Silent Valley declared a national park?

1984. The year 1984 is the answer. Silent Valley was declared a national park on 15 November 1984. The dam project had been scrapped a year earlier, in November 1983. The park was formally opened in September 1985. The year 1981 is when Keoladeo became a national park. Memory hook: scrapped in 83, park in 84. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

Keoladeo National Park is the only Indian wintering ground of the central population of which bird?

Siberian crane. The Siberian crane is the answer. Its central population winters only at Keoladeo in India. Salim Ali helped protect this Bharatpur wetland. The park holds more than 350 recorded bird species. The Sarus crane lives in India all year. Memory hook: Bharatpur means Siberian crane. Read more: Keoladeo National Park, Silent Valley, Padma Awards.

Where is the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) located?

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