The ''Himalayan Journal'' is the annual

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of the

Himalayan Club The Himalayan Club is an organization founded in India in 1928 along the lines of the Alpine Club. The stated mission of the organization was "to encourage and assist Himalayan travel and exploration, and to extend knowledge of the Himalaya and a ...

in India.

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1929. The first

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was the English geographer Kenneth Mason. He was a surveyor operating from

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. Mason later continued editing from England. Subsequent editors were C.W.F. Noyce, H.W. Tobin, and

Trevor Braham Trevor Hyam Braham (born Hyam Trevor Braham, 22 April 1922 – 2 March 2020) was a British Himalayan explorer and mountaineer, mostly active during the mid-20th century. Braham was born in Calcutta, British India. He spent much of his boyhood in ...

. In 1960, K. Biswas took over as the first Indian editor. From 1969 to 1979 and from 1987 to 1989 Soli S. Mehta was editor. Since 1990,

Harish Kapadia Harish Kapadia (born 11 July 1945) is a Himalayan mountaineer, author and long-time editor of the '' Himalayan Journal'' from India. He has been awarded the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Life Time Achievement Award fo ...

is editor.
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The Himalayan Journal, Volume 66
Himalayan Club, OUP India.

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Editors

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the magazine: * Kenneth Mason (1929–1940) * C.W.F. Noyce (1946) * H.W. Tobin (1947–1957) * Trevor H. Braham (1958–1959) * Dr. K. Biswas (1960–1968) * Soli S. Mehta (1969–1979 and 1987–1989) * Harish Kapadia (1980–1986, 1990–2014) Nandini Purandare (2015-present)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.himalayanclub.org/the-himalayan-journal/about-the-journal/
Himalayan Index (The Alpine Club)
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