Bombay Geographical Society

Bombay Geographical Society

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1832 A date of 1832 is supported by an article entitled Letter from the Secretary of the Geographical Society at Bombay to the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London to be found on pages v-xi of Vol. 3 (1833), of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. The letter from J. Fraser Heddle, dated Bombay, June 6th, 1832, indicates that the Bombay Geographical Society had "recently been formed" (p.v). On p.vi, the letter indicates that the Bombay Geographical Society wished to form ties with the Royal Geographical Society of London and to considered a branch of the latter.
The Asiatic Society of Bombay website indicates that in 1873 , the Bombay Geographical Society merged with the Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society (BBRAS), which later became the Asiatic Society of Bombay.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Bombay
India This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1832 - 1873 Bombay Geographical Society P.v of Vol. 3 (1833), of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.establishes this name for the founding year of 1832; its publications establish this name from 1836-1873.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1836/38-1868/73
[i.e. pub. 1844, 1840-1874]
(Vol.1-19)

A Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society...
According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., the Proceedings of the society are included in the Transactions.
[Harvard Univ. cat.] Bombay, Geogr. Soc. Trans.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxii]
Trans. Bombay Geog. Soc.
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec., 1897), p.617 cites vol. xv.]
Trans. Bombay Geogr. Soc.
[Geographical Review, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1951), p.397 cites Vol. I, 1844.]
Trans. of Geogr. Soc. of Bombay
[Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc., Vol. 18, No. 4 (1873 - 1874), p.312 cites 1859.] RSLC

Bombay Geographical Society
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1832	A date of 1832 is supported by an article entitled *Letter from the Secretary of the Geographical Society at Bombay to the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London* to be found on pages v-xi of Vol. 3 (1833), of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. The letter from J. Fraser Heddle, dated Bombay, June 6th, 1832, indicates that the Bombay Geographical Society had "recently been formed" (p.v). On p.vi, the letter indicates that the Bombay Geographical Society wished to form ties with the Royal Geographical Society of London and to considered a branch of the latter. The Asiatic Society of Bombay website indicates that in 1873 , the Bombay Geographical Society merged with the Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society (BBRAS), which later became the Asiatic Society of Bombay.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Bombay India	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1832 - 1873	*Bombay Geographical Society*	P.v of Vol. 3 (1833), of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.establishes this name for the founding year of 1832; its publications establish this name from 1836-1873.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1836/38-1868/73 [i.e. pub. 1844, 1840-1874] (Vol.1-19) A	*Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society...* According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., the *Proceedings* of the society are included in the *Transactions*. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Bombay, Geogr. Soc. Trans.* [RSLC, v.1, p.xxii] *Trans. Bombay Geog. Soc.* [Geographical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec., 1897), p.617 cites vol. xv.] *Trans. Bombay Geogr. Soc.* [Geographical Review, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1951), p.397 cites Vol. I, 1844.] *Trans. of Geogr. Soc. of Bombay* [Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc., Vol. 18, No. 4 (1873 - 1874), p.312 cites 1859.]	*RSLC*