{"id":1382,"date":"2010-11-12T07:13:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T15:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2010-11-12T07:13:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T15:13:10","slug":"nov-12birthday-of-the-birdman-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1382","title":{"rendered":"Nov 12,Birthday of the Birdman of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Salim Ali THE BIRDMAN OF INDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Salim Ali (1896 -1987)<br \/>\nSalim Ali was born in Mumbai ,on 12 November 1896. Salim Ali is Called the Bird man of India.His First Pet was a baby sparrow that had fallen from its nest. He Loved birds,motorcycles and Alfonso Mangoes. He Was a world famous ornithologist, which means a person who studies birds.<\/p>\n<p>SALIM ALI&#8217;S has always been synonymous with birds. Born Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, it was this &#8220;Birdman of India&#8221; who transformed bird-watching and ornithology in the country dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ali authored several books, popular among which is the Book of Indian Birds, a bible for budding ornithologists. Dr. Ali died in 1987 at the age of 91, after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. His contributions, matchless as they are awe-inspiring, continue to captivate the minds of every new generation of bird lovers, ensuring that his legacy lives on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salim Ali THE BIRDMAN OF INDIA Salim Ali (1896 -1987) Salim Ali was born in Mumbai ,on 12 November 1896. Salim Ali is Called the Bird man of India.His First &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1382\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[515],"tags":[9166,1709,9167,9168,9169,9170,9171,9172,9173],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greatest-personalities","tag-birdman-of-india","tag-greatest-personalities","tag-indian-birds","tag-ornithologist","tag-salim-ali","tag-salim-ali-the-birdman-of-india","tag-study-of-birds","tag-the-birdman-of-india","tag-world-famous-ornithologist","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}