INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD

Abstract: The teaching of geography at the undergraduate level in India began in 1920 with the establishment of the Geography Department in Lahore (now in Pakistan). While modern geography originated in Germany almost a century earlier and further expanded in European countries and North America, its introduction in India occurred much later. As a British colony, India adopted a form of colonial geography, which was largely an extension of contemporary British geographical thought. This influence was significant and long-lasting, as most early Indian geographers received their training at British universities. Progress in Indian geography remained slow before independence, but after 1950, the discipline experienced rapid growth.