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Wildlife expert Robin Banerjee dead.
Guwahati, Aug 06: Renowned wildlife expert and environmentalist Robin Banerjee died at his Golaghat residence in upper Assam early today, family sources said.
He was sent by his father to London for learning medicine and became a doctor there. Later he joined the British Navy.
He first came to Assam in 1952 to serve in the Chabua tea estate and that was the beginning of his association with the state's wildlife as he made over 30 documentaries 20 of which won global fame.
Banerjee was conferred D.Llt by the Assam Agricultural
University. He was also awarded the Padma Shree for his
contribution as an environmentalist.
Banerjee's made his first foray into the Kaziranga
National Park in 1962 with a hired camera with which he
produced the first film on the park famous for its one-horned
rhino.
His house in Golaghat was virtually tourist spot for
wildlife lovers where he kept several snakes and other animals
as pets.
The house, named Robin Uncle's Museum, was preserved as a
centre of wildlife with collections from the world over.
Bureau Report