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| name = Chandrashekhar Dhundiraj Deshpande<br />
| other_names =C. D. Deshpande<br />Dada<br /> Bhai<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1912|01|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|1999|11|14|1912|01|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Mumbai]] <br/> [[University of California]]<br />
| occupation = author, geographer, educationist, teacher<br />
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'''Chandrashekhar Dhundiraj Deshpande''' ({{Date|1912-01-14|dmy}} – {{Date|1999-11-14|dmy}}), popularly known as '''C. D. Deshpande''', was a noted Indian [[geographer]], [[educationist]] and [[author]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Annals of the National Association of Geographers, India, Volume 20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OcOAAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Association|year=2000|page=165}}</ref> An academic innovator and teacher he worked on many fronts to improve the status of Geography as an independent science and discipline in India. For this purpose, he gathered ideas from the principal centres of geographical teaching and research in the [[United Kingdom]]. His work in the field of Geography may be divided into three spheres - schools, universities, and geographical societies. Deshpande made vigorous efforts for the teaching of geography in schools and colleges in [[Maharashtra]]. He laid particular stress on the nature of the subject. Deshpande's own personal efforts were also crucial in the establishment of an independent department of geography at the [[University of Bombay]]. He raised the question of founding an All-India geographical Organization, and efforts in that direction led to the establishment of the National Association of Geographers, [[India]].<ref>[https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D2541%26context%3Dhimalaya&ved=2ahUKEwj39N234__mAhWTA3IKHeH0B3UQFjALegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3DeW_cztZScqVibDQ9QELK Obituary:Pradyumna Prasad Karan]</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Deshpande was born in a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsU7R69gqDIC|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at The Times of India Press|page=31|year=1974}}</ref> of Sanskrit scholars on {{Date|1912-01-14|dmy}} in [[Kolhapur]], a city in [[Kolhapur district]], [[Maharashtra]]. He studied [[economics]], [[politics]], and [[history]] as his basic subjects for his degree in the [[University of Mumbai]]. Subsequently, he did a diploma in [[geography]] from the [[University of California]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Urbanisation, Development, and Environment: C.D. Deshpande Memorial Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmBPAAAAMAAJ|author1=Chandrashekhar Dhundiraj Deshpande|author2=Swapna Banerjee|publisher=Rawat Publications|accessdate=1 January 2007|page=vii|isbn = 9788131600566|date = January 2007}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Urbanisation, Development, and Environment: C.D. Deshpande Memorial Volume|publisher=Rawat Publications|year=2007|isbn=978-8131600566}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=India : A Regional Interpretation|publisher=South Asia Books|year=1992|isbn=978-8172110185}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Impact of a metropolitan city on the surrounding region : a study of South Kolaba, Maharashtra|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=1980}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Geography of Maharashtra|publisher=National Book Trust, India|year=1971}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Strategy for integrated area development : case study of North Kanara District, Karnataka|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=1988|isbn=978-8170221982}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Western India; a regional geography|publisher=Students' Own Book Depot|year=1948}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=A Survey of research in physical geography|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=1983}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Śahare : bhaugolika abhyāsa|publisher= Mahārāshṭra Vidyāpīṭha Grantha Nirmitī Maṇḍaḷāsāṭhī Kôṇṭineṇṭala Prakāśana|year=1980}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=Zapadnai︠a︡ Indii︠a︡ : geograficheskiĭ obzor|publisher=Izd-vo inostrannoĭ lit-ry|year=1956}}<br />
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==Honours==<br />
* D.Litt., 1958: [[University of Mumbai]], [[Mumbai]], India<br />
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