Question

Dietrich Brandis was the

• A. First Postmaster General
• B. First Governor of Forest Administration
• C. First Inspector General of Forests in India
• D. First Supervisor of Forests
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C First Inspector General of Forests in India

He was a German expert, who was called for advice by the Britishers and was made the first Inspector General of Forests in India.

Brandis formulated new forest rule. Brandis set up the Indian Forest Service in 1864 and helped formulate the Indian Forest Act of 1865. He founded the Imperial Forest Research Institute at Dehradun in 1906. He introduced new system scientific forestry or commercial forestry.