History of Corbett Park India

Till 1820	Private property of local rulers.
1820	Ownership passed into British hands.
1820- 1850	Forests mercilessly felled for timber by British rulers.
1858	Plan drawn up for protecting the forests.
1879	Declared as reserved forests.
1884	Jim Corbett shoots his first leopard.
1900-1910	Jim Corbett leads shikar parties and kills two man-eaters.
1910	Jim Corbett gives up killing as mere sport and becomes the savior of the villagers, defending them from man-eaters.
1934	The Park is declared a National Park and Corbett helps define the boundaries.
1935-1936	It was set up as the first National Park under United Provinces National Parks Act. It was named the Hailey National Park, after Sir Malcolm Hailey, the Governor of United Provinces.
1954	With independence it was renamed as the Ramganga National Park.
1955	Jim Corbett died at Nyeri.
1957	The park is renamed in honour of his memory
1973	The Park becomes the first Tiger Reserve of India under Project Tiger.
1974	Inauguration of Tiger Project.
1986	Corbett National park celebrates its Golden Jubilee.
1996	Diamond Jubilee of its existence as Corbett national park.
1998	year of Project Tiger.
9 Nov. 2000	Became part of Uttaranchal and now Uttarakhand state.