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While dedicating his book ''My India'' to "...my friends, the poor of India", he writes "It is of these people, who are admittedly poor, and who are often described as 'India's starving millions', among whom I have lived and whom I love, that I shall endeavour to tell in the pages of this book, which I humbly dedicate to my friends, the poor of India." Profits from the publication of "Man-Eaters of Kumaon" were donated to St. Dunstan's, a training school for blinded veterans.{{cn|date=July 2021}} | While dedicating his book ''My India'' to "...my friends, the poor of India", he writes "It is of these people, who are admittedly poor, and who are often described as 'India's starving millions', among whom I have lived and whom I love, that I shall endeavour to tell in the pages of this book, which I humbly dedicate to my friends, the poor of India." Profits from the publication of "Man-Eaters of Kumaon" were donated to St. Dunstan's, a training school for blinded veterans.{{cn|date=July 2021}} | ||
Jim Corbett resided in the [[Gurney House]], Nainital along with his sister Maggie Corbett, where their mother moved in 1881 after the death of their father. <ref name=hind>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/travel/the-british-lady-who-pioneered-tourism-in-nainital-130-years-ago/story-aTCH8STvqsvp5lZLXreEYI.html|title=The British lady who pioneered tourism in Nainital 130 years ago|website=Hindustan Times |date=Jun 17, | Jim Corbett resided in the [[Gurney House]], Nainital along with his sister Maggie Corbett, where their mother moved in 1881 after the death of their father. <ref name=hind>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/travel/the-british-lady-who-pioneered-tourism-in-nainital-130-years-ago/story-aTCH8STvqsvp5lZLXreEYI.html|title=The British lady who pioneered tourism in Nainital 130 years ago|website=Hindustan Times |date=Jun 17, 2018}}</ref> They sold the house to Mrs. Kalavati Varma, before leaving for Kenya in November 1947. The house is now a private residence, which has been transformed into a museum and is known as the Jim Corbett Museum. | ||
Jim also spent a short time in Chotti Haldwani, a village he had adopted and which came to be known as Corbett's Village. Corbett and the villagers built a wall around the village in 1925 to keep wild animals out of the premises. As of 2018 the wall still stands, and according to villagers has prevented wild animal attacks on villagers since it was built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-this-nainital-village-corbett-s-great-wall-stands-between-villagers-and-tigers/story-F2VQSPiCZRPu4ZidN3zbbL.html|title = In this Nainital village, Corbett's Great Wall stands between villagers, tigers|date = 18 February | Jim also spent a short time in Chotti Haldwani, a village he had adopted and which came to be known as Corbett's Village. Corbett and the villagers built a wall around the village in 1925 to keep wild animals out of the premises. As of 2018 the wall still stands, and according to villagers has prevented wild animal attacks on villagers since it was built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-this-nainital-village-corbett-s-great-wall-stands-between-villagers-and-tigers/story-F2VQSPiCZRPu4ZidN3zbbL.html|title = In this Nainital village, Corbett's Great Wall stands between villagers, tigers|date = 18 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Retirement in Kenya== | ==Retirement in Kenya== | ||
After 1947, Corbett and his sister Maggie retired to [[Nyeri]], [[Kenya]],<ref name="Beolens86" /> where he lived in the cottage 'Paxtu' in the grounds of the [[Outspan Hotel|Hotel Outspan]], which had originally been built for his friend [[Lord Baden-Powell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/08/queen-elizabeth-treetops-kenya |title=The day Princess Elizabeth became Queen |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=8 January 2012 |website=Guardian |access-date=9 July | After 1947, Corbett and his sister Maggie retired to [[Nyeri]], [[Kenya]],<ref name="Beolens86" /> where he lived in the cottage 'Paxtu' in the grounds of the [[Outspan Hotel|Hotel Outspan]], which had originally been built for his friend [[Lord Baden-Powell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/08/queen-elizabeth-treetops-kenya |title=The day Princess Elizabeth became Queen |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=8 January 2012 |website=Guardian |access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Treetops.jpg|thumb|Treetops Hotel, rebuilt in 1957 after the original structure was burned down in 1954.]] | [[File:Treetops.jpg|thumb|Treetops Hotel, rebuilt in 1957 after the original structure was burned down in 1954.]] | ||