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I am surprised that the African hunting community has not taken any interest in preserving the history and legacy.

Very important post. Thank you. Brian

One wonders if it would have been better cared for if he had been buried in India.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
One wonders if it would have been better cared for if he had been buried in India.

I would imagine it would have been. If you notice who posts on that Facebook page most are from India.

True, he was well regarded in Indian for many reasons.

Nice gesture. I am always heartened when I see the regard many Indians have for Corbett. You run across so many comments like "my grandfather knew...or lived... or told me..." or "I grew up with those stories and now share them with my kids..." it's a great testament to Corbett even in this hyper-critical modern age.

He will always be giant among the legends and my childhood hero whose books taught me forest/hunting skills and knowledge

Jim was well regarded in India but I imagine there would have been a sense from some that he abandoned India when it became independent from British colonial rule. While he was a very modest man with great empathy for the Indian population, the loss of the trappings that came with British colonial life may have been a bit too much for Jim to give up hence his move with sister Maggie to Kenya.
On the other hand Kenneth Anderson, Jim's equivalent in Southern India, remained in post colonial India for the rest of his life and was buried there on his death from cancer.

Similarly John Hunter, the great white hunter in Africa, felt the draw of colonial life too much after leaving that continent to return to Britain on his retirement. Britain didn't provide the trappings Hunter had been used to so he and his wife returned to Africa and lived out their days there.