{"id":604,"date":"2017-01-06T22:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-bretton-hotel.co.uk\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2017-10-10T19:16:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:16:14","slug":"jim-corbett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/explore-india.net\/national-wildlife-parks\/corbett-national-park\/jim-corbett\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Corbett"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jim Corbett was a remarkable man<\/strong>, who was independent of mind, carrying out acts that were alien to his generation even by today\u2019s standards. The fact that Jim Corbett was British, having been born and brought up in a foreign land, India, says much of how he was held in high esteem by the Indians, that the Government of India decided some 10 years after the British left, and two years after his death, to name the Corbett National Park after him.<\/p>\n Jim Corbett was the eighth child of the family<\/strong>, born on 25th July 1875, the son of a postmaster. Jim from an early age explored and got to know the jungle around him, learning the jungle signs, and the calls that would prove to be so useful when he was later to hunt the many man eating cats that terrorised the villagers for years. Jim Corbett wrote several books specifically about how he hunted the man-eaters. Man eaters of Kumaon, (my favourite), and The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (an incredible story of how he used all his skills to try and outwit this highly intelligent animal, half the time stalking, and the other half being stalked by this leopard).<\/p>\n Jim Corbett the Champion of India\u2019s Poor<\/strong> Today the villagers of Naini Tal have created a museum in Jim Corbett\u2019s old house, carefully preserving the building with illustrations of his life and maintaining the gardens. At 10R per person it is well worth a visit. If you do visit why not donate more to help preserve this special place?<\/p>\n Jim Corbett served in both World Wars,<\/strong> raising a battalion of local people, which he took to the battlefronts in Europe in the 1st World War and trained soldiers in jungle warfare in the 2nd World War. Jim Corbett was a fantastic storyteller. <\/strong>I would highly recommend reading his books, they are very well written in a simple, easy to read style. The hunt for the man-eater is not gory; it is a simple explanation of what happened and the skills he used to track the man-eaters down.<\/p>\n Jim Corbett hunted his first man eater in 1907.<\/strong> Now some one hundred years ago, Jim would be amazed that his books with their tales are still being printed and are as readable today as they were when he wrote them. He wrote his first tiger story (not about a man-eater), the Pipal Pani Tiger in 1931.<\/p>\n Jim Corbett’s books are: –<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim Corbett died on 19th April 1955 and is buried at the base of Mount Kenya, Kenya, Africa. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Edward Corbett, known as Jim Corbett Jim Corbett was a remarkable man, who was independent of mind, carrying out<\/p>\n
\nThe British Government of India, in recognition of Jim Corbett\u2019s man eater hunting prowess and his keen interest in conservation granted him the \u201cfreedom of the forests\u201d<\/em> allowing him to go where ever he pleased.<\/p>\n
\nJim Corbett was not brought up in a wealthy family, indeed the opposite could be said to be true, yet he on one occasion lent his savings 500R to an Indian man who had lost his business to his partner who stole it when he was on holiday. A year later the man returned with the full amount + 25% interest. Jim accepted his 500R savings refusing the interest saying, \u201cIn our country we do not take interest from our friends\u201d<\/em>.
\nAt Naini Tal, Jim Corbett bought land and settled 40 poor village families, for free, and even paid their annual land tax for them.<\/p>\n
\nWhen India gained independence Jim Corbett settled in Kenya where he had many friends. In 1953 he escorted the young Princess Elizabeth to TreeTops under Mount Kenya, helping to protect her that night by guarding the ladder access all night long. Next morning the Princess awoke to be Queen Elizabeth II on the death of her father.<\/p>\n\n