Champawat Tiger
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The Champawat
Tiger was a female Bengal Tiger
shot in 1907 by Jim Corbett
. It was responsible for 436 documented deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon area of India
mostly during the 19th century.
After having killed over 200 people in Nepal
it was driven by the Nepalese Army across the border (river Sarda
) into India, where it continued its activities in the Kumaon District. It was so bold that it roamed the roads outside villages, roaring and terrorizing the villagers. All the killings were done during the daytime.
The tigress had made a kill (a 16 year old girl) the day it was shot by Jim Corbett. A post-mortem on the tigress showed the upper and lower canine teeth on the right side of its mouth were broken; the upper one in half, the lower one right down to the bone. This was the result of an old gunshot.
In Champawat
town, near to the Chataar Bridge and on the way to Lohaghat, one can see a "cement board" marking the place where the tigress was finally brought down. However, the exact place where the tigress was killed by Jim Corbett is closer to the present location of the Hydroelectric powerhouse about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) from the "cement board".
The details about the Champawat Tigress and how it was brought down can be found in the book titled Maneaters of Kumaon (1944) authored by Jim Corbett himself. This is the first story of the book.
Champawat
Champawat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district.-Mythology:...
Tiger was a female Bengal Tiger
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN...
shot in 1907 by Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett (hunter)
Edward James "Jim" Corbett was a British hunter, conservationist, author and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India....
. It was responsible for 436 documented deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon area of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
mostly during the 19th century.
After having killed over 200 people in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
it was driven by the Nepalese Army across the border (river Sarda
Sarda River
Sarda River forms part of the border between the nations of India and Nepal. It is called the Mahakali River in Nepal and Kali Gad by local pahari people . This boundary was established by the 1816 Sugauli treaty, but a portion of this border near China has been in dispute...
) into India, where it continued its activities in the Kumaon District. It was so bold that it roamed the roads outside villages, roaring and terrorizing the villagers. All the killings were done during the daytime.
The tigress had made a kill (a 16 year old girl) the day it was shot by Jim Corbett. A post-mortem on the tigress showed the upper and lower canine teeth on the right side of its mouth were broken; the upper one in half, the lower one right down to the bone. This was the result of an old gunshot.
In Champawat
Champawat
Champawat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district.-Mythology:...
town, near to the Chataar Bridge and on the way to Lohaghat, one can see a "cement board" marking the place where the tigress was finally brought down. However, the exact place where the tigress was killed by Jim Corbett is closer to the present location of the Hydroelectric powerhouse about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) from the "cement board".
The details about the Champawat Tigress and how it was brought down can be found in the book titled Maneaters of Kumaon (1944) authored by Jim Corbett himself. This is the first story of the book.