2026-07-28T10:51:07Zhttps://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/235742026-02-23T04:04:48ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOH-002-35https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/23574Kazmi, RazaKhan, IdreesDhingra, MansiIdrees Khan, 2024-08-12, 2024-08-142024-08-12, 2024-08-14299 MinuteshinIdrees Khan is a retired mahout with the Forest Department of Uttar Pradesh. He grew up with his maternal grandparents, who moved to Dudhwa from Balrampur in 1956. He followed in his grandfather, Munnan Bakhsh’s footsteps, learning about elephants and mahawati from him. He was first appointed as chara-cutter in 1968, and promoted to both mahout and chara-cutter in 1972. He holds a deep knowledge of elephants, their behaviour, training and care, inherited from multiple generations of mahouts in his family. He retired in 2024 after five decades of service in Dudhwa National Park.Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessOral History: History of Science, OH-002