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Corbett National Park is the oldest national park of the Indian subcontinent. It was established on 8th August, 1936 with an area of 323.75 sq. kms and was named after 'Jim Corbett' in 1957, as homage to the deceased conservationist.

James Edward Corbett, better known to the world as Jim Corbett, was born at Nainital on 25 July 1875. In 1907, he killed a man-eating tiger... one of the many man eaters he was destined to kill.
But Jim retained a 'compassion' even for man-eaters, as he realised that they killed humans only to appease the most primary instinct of hunger because some disability or injury prevented them from catching their normal prey. In many cases the disability or injury was inflicted by humans.
The Government had granted him the ' freedom of the forests'. With his great abilities he became the first naturalist in India to start daylight photography of tigers in their natural habitat. In 1929 he produced a number of excellent films which he later gifted to the Natural History Museum in London. On 19 April 1955, he passed to the 'Happy Hunting Grounds' and was buried at Nyeri in the same graveyard as Lord Baden Powell.

The Corbett National Park (map of the area)
Corbett National park is famous the world over as the 'Land of the trumpet, roar and song'. In Corbett National Park apart from tigers some of the other cats which can be seen are leopards, jungle cats and leopard cats. Large herds of elephant are also found near Ramganga.

The Park has a spectacular bird diversity. Over 500 species of resident and migratory birds have been recorded here. Peacock, kaleej pheasant, block partridge, pallas's fishing eagle, white collared falconet, storkbilled kingfisher, wall creeper, brown fish owl, brown eared and block bulbul and several species of woodpeckers & parakeets ore some of the attractive birds found within Corbett National Park.

In 1966 an additional area was added to Corbett National Park bringing it to its present area of 520.82 sq. kms. Corbett Tiger Reserve is spread over 1318.54 sq. kms. and includes apart from Corbett National Park, additional areas of Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary and Reserve Forest buffer zone .

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