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| name = Dayanidhi Choudhury<br />
| image = Dayanidhi Choudhury First Odia IFS.jpg<br />
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| caption = D.N.Choudhury in 1973<br />
| birth_date = 1 January 1916<br />
| birth_place = Bihar and Orissa Province, India<br />
| death_date = 22 September 2000<br />
| death_place = Bhubaneswar, Odisha<br />
| restingplace = Swargadwar, Puri<br />
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| othername = D.N. Choudhury<br />
| occupation = Wildlife conservationist<br />
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| known for = First Odia chief conservator of forest and First Odia IFS.<br />
| spouse = Suryamani Choudhury<br />
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| children = 2 Sons and 2 Daughters<br />
| parents = Father: Raghunath Choudhury<br />
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'''Dayanidhi Choudhury''', also known as '''D.N. Choudhury'''({{langx|or|ଦୟାନିଧି ଚୌଧୁରୀ}})(1 January 1916 – 22 September 2000) was the first Odia IFS (Indian Forest Service) and he is the former Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sharma |first=RP |date=April 1971 |title=The Indian Forester |url=https://indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester |journal=Indian Forester |volume=97 |pages=63,119 |via=}}</ref> During his period lot of developments happened with respect to forest and wildlife conservation, that includes [[Nandankanan Zoological Park]] at Bhubaneswar, Similipal Elephant/Tiger reserve in 1956, which is now a prominent National Park in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=V. S. |url=http://archive.org/details/100yearsofindian029827mbp |title=100 years of Indian Forestry. Souvenir. Vol I |publisher=Forest Research Institute. Dehradun. |others=Osmania University, Digital Library Of India |year=1961 |pages=153 |language=En}}</ref><br />
[[File:Indian_Forest_College,_Dehradun,_IFS_Batch-1938-40.jpg|thumb|Dayanidhi Choudhury (middle row right most) in Indian Forest College, IFS Batch 1938-40.]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Nandankanan Zoological Park]]<br />
* [[Simlipal National Park]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.nandankanan.org/history.php Official website of: "Nandankanan Zoological Park"]<br />
* [http://www.ignfa.gov.in/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8lv6evnpaz0%3D&tabid=351 "List of Officers trained (1938-1940) at Indian Forest College, Dehradun"]<br />
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