Upendra Nath Kanjilal, Upendranath Kanjilal or U.N. Kanjilal (1859–1928) was an Indian botanist and forest officer. He published numerous botanical works. He was given the title of Rai Bahadur in 1911.
Kanjilal was born in 1859 to a family who advised King
Adi Sura
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of the
Gauda Kingdom
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. He studied at the Mahratta School in
Jessore
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, the Hetrampur school in
Birbhum
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and the Presidency College in
Calcutta
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followed by the Imperial Forest School at Dehra Dun. He became a forest officer and rose to the position of Extra Deputy Conservator of Forests. He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1902. He died in 1928 while he was working on the ''Flora of Assam''. The work was completed by his son P. C. Kanjilal (Praphulla Chandra Kanjilal) a forest officer serving in Uttar Pradesh.
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* Flora of Assam
Volume 1. Part 1Volume 1. Part 2Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5
19th-century Indian botanists
20th-century Indian botanists
Indian botanical writers
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