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Corbett died of a heart attack a few days after he finished his sixth book, Tree Tops, and was buried at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Nyeri. [ citation needed ] Man-eaters of Kumaon was a great success in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the first edition of the American Book-of-the-Month Club being 250,000 copies.
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 Established 1936 Visitors 500,000 (in 1999) Governing body Project ...
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.
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Ramnagar (Kumaoni: Rāmnagar) is a town and municipal board in the Nainital district of Kumaon in the state of Uttarakhand, India. [1] It is located approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Nainital, the headquarters of the district.
Man-Eater of Kumaon is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Sabu, Wendell Corey and Joanne Page. [1] The film was made after the success of the Jim Corbett book Man-Eaters of Kumaon, published by Oxford University Press in 1944.
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.
Jim Corbett National Park, a wildlife reserve in India named after the British hunter; James A. Corbett (1933–2001), American rancher, writer, and human rights activist; James Corbett (politician) (1908–2005), Australian Country Party politician; Jim Corbett (politician) (1924–2007), U.S. politician; James W. Corbett (1928–1994 ...