Professor CD Deshpande

Professor CD DESHPANDE is known as father of Indian Geography. His birthday is celebrated as a Geography Day in India. To know about Sir, please click the given links.

https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/C._D._Deshpande

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._Deshpande

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e4ee5879-4e80-4016-88d9-9b773917debd

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