IMD Forecasts and EL Nino
Part of: GS-I- Geography (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST)
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD):
A disastrous tropical cyclone struck Calcutta in 1864 and this was followed by failures of the monsoon rains in 1866 and 1871. In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central authority.
The first Director General of Observatories was Sir John Eliot who was ap