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Who is known as the father of scientific forestry in India?
Answer: A
The father of scientific forestry in India is Sir Dietrich Brandis.
Brandis, a German botanist, began by organising the teak forests of Burma in the 1850s and became the first Inspector General of Forests in India in 1864. He shaped the Indian Forest Act of 1865 and 1878, introduced working plans and systematic management, and helped set up the forest school at Dehradun.
The other names are not associated with founding scientific forestry in India.
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