| Edward James 'Jim' Corbett was born on
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| | first kill - the Man-Eating tigress was
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| July 25th, 1875, in Kumaon, that
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| | responsible for more kills than any other
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| beautiful paradise at the foothills of
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| | single Man-Eater in history - 436!), the
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| Himalayas. His father Christopher Corbett
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| | Panar Leopard (400 kills again!), the
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| was postmaster of the town Naini Tal, and
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| | Rudraprayag Leopard (perhaps one of the
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| Jim spent his childhood in an area
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| | most cunning and lethal Man-Eaters of all
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| surrounded by beautiful Jungles and
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| | time who preyed upon Hindu pilgrims of
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| dangerous predators. He fell in love with
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| | that region for over a decade!), the
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| the forest and its animals and since an
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| | Talla-Des Man-Eater, the Mohan Man-Eater,
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| early age he knew how to mimic animal
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| | the Thak Man-Eater and the Chowgarh
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| sounds and track lethal predators.
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| | Tigers. Those were the times when over a
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| Whilst being known as a conservationist
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| | hundred thousand tigers roamed freely in
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| and big game photographer, Jim Corbett's
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| | India and frankly in many parts it was a
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| actual place in history is as one of the
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| | matter of whether the tiger or humans
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| best big cat hunters to have ever lived ~
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| | would survive!
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| don't get me wrong here ~ Jim Corbett was
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| | Despite his prolific hunting skills, Jim
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| a true gentleman and a great animal lover
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| | Corbett never killed an animal for sport.
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| ~ he never killed an animal that was not
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| | He was a great conservationist and after
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| troublesome. He resorted only to removing
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| | his retirement from the hunting scene
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| those dangerous Man-Eaters that
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| | moved to Kenya where he wrote about his
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| terrorized Indian villagers a century
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| | Indian adventures in seven highly
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| ago. Roaming freely without any hindrance
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| | acclaimed books. He died of a heart
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| these deadly animals governed fear in
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| | attack on 19th April 1955 and was buried
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| Indian jungles at that time unlike any
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| | at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Nyeri.
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| fear the simple people of those forests
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| | He spent most of his later days raising
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| ever had experienced. People would rather
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| | alarm about the plight of animals in
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| die of starvation in their huts than
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| | India. In 1957, India's first national
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| venture out in the open where the tigers
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| | park, in the Kumaon region was named in
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| growled and cunning leopards lay in
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| | his honor. In 1968 one of the five
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| waiting.
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| | remaining subspecies of tigers was named
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| Between the years 1907 and 1938, Jim
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| | after him: Panthera Tigris Corbetti,
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| Corbett killed nearly a dozen Man-Eaters
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| | better known as Corbett's Tiger.
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| in India - predators who are estimated to
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| | Below are his books:
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| have killed at least 1500 people during
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| | * Man-eaters of Kumaon
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| their reign of terror. Jim Corbett always
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| | * The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
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| took on the most dangerous animals - when
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| | * My India
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| everybody else had quit and all hope was
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| | * Jungle Lore
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| lost. He hunted alone and routinely came
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| | * The Temple Tiger and more man-eaters of
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| within five to ten metres of the
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| | Kumaon
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| Man-Eater before killing it. His keen
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| | * Tree Tops
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| senses enabled him to outdo the most
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| | * Man-Eaters of Kumaon and The Temple
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| cunning of those lethal cats, that
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| | Tiger
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| included the Champawat Tigress (his very
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| | May the great man rest in eternal peace.
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