Jim Corbett National Park, in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand, is the oldest national park in India. It was set up under British rule as a reserve for the protection of wildlife and was first named Hailey National Park. After independence it was renamed to honour Jim Corbett, a hunter and writer who campaigned for the protection of tigers and wrote about the man-eating tigers and leopards of the region. In 1973 it was the site of the launch of Project Tiger, the conservation programme for the big cats. The park spans forest, grassland and the Ramganga river, and shelters Bengal tigers, elephants, many species of deer and large numbers of birds.
Before and after
- 31 December 1935Birth of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- 1936Great Purge
- 1936Construction of Fallingwater
- 1936Origins of American Hockey League
- 1936Establishment of Jim Corbett National Park
- 1936Inge Lehmann discovers the Earth's inner core
- 1936Alan Turing defines the universal machine
- 28 January 1936Birth of Ismail Kadare
- 27 February 1936Death of Ivan Pavlov
More in Earth & climate
- 8 July 1916Establishment of Acadia National Park
- 26 February 1929Establishment of Grand Teton National Park
- 19311931 China floods
- 15 June 1934Establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- 14 April 1935Black Sunday and the Dust Bowl
- 10 January 1939Establishment of Iguaçu National Park
The era
This moment belongs to the Modern era (1914 CE to 1945 CE), world wars and a changing world. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.