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Jim Corbett National Park IUCN category II (national park) Bengal tiger in Corbett National Park Show map of Uttarakhand Show map of India Location Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Nearest city Ramnagar, Kotdwar Coordinates 29°32′55″N 78°56′7″E / 29.54861°N 78.93528°E / 29.54861; 78.93528 Area 1,318 km 2 Max. elevation 1,040 m (3,410 ft) Established 1936 Visitors 500,000 ...
Amangarh Tiger Reserve also known as New Jim Corbett Park, is a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger in India. It is in Amangarh in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It has an area of 95 km 2 and is one among the four Tiger Reserves in Uttar Pradesh, the other three being Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and Ranipur Tiger ...
Edward James Corbett CIE VD (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
India's first national park was established in 1936, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, in Uttarakhand. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species and currently, there are 106 national parks in India ...
It is India's first sanctuary to come under Project Tiger. [11] The park was named after the hunter-naturalist turned author and photographer, Jim Corbett [12] who lived in the region and contributed in setting up this park. Visitors can move about in vehicles (only local gypsies with the permit) inside the park area after making entries at the ...
Garjiya Devi Temple on the Kosi River The statue of Garjiya Devi at Garjiya Devi Temple, Ramnagar. Garjiya Devi Temple is a hindu Devi temple located in the Garjiya village 14 km north of the city Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India, on the outskirts of the Corbett National Park. [1]
Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a 1944 book written by hunter-naturalist Jim Corbett. [1] It details the experiences that Corbett had in the Kumaon region of India from the 1900s to the 1930s, while hunting man-eating Bengal tigers [2] and Indian leopards. [3] One tiger, for example, was responsible for over 400 human deaths.
Gurney House [1] is a historic building located in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, and was the residence of hunter-conservationist and writer Jim Corbett till he left India in 1947. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Currently it is a private residence.