U’khand govt to release Special Day Cover envelopes to honour Jim Corbett

The Uttarakhand forest department will release a Special Day Cover’ postage envelope to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of renowned wildlife conservationist Jim Corbett on July 25, officials said on Wednesday.

The Indian Postal Department will prepare and supply the envelopes on the request of the state forest department in the memory of Corbett.

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Officials of the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) and National Park have informed that ‘Special Day Cover’ envelopes are being prepared by the Indian postal department on the request of the Park administration. These ‘Special Day Cover’ envelopes will be released on the occasion of the coming birth anniversary celebration of the British era renowned naturalist Edward James Corbett better regarded as Jim Corbett.

Officials stated park administration is planning a big celebration event to commemorate 150th anniversary of Jim Corbett by releasing a ‘Special Day Cover’ envelope.

According to them, these envelopes are issued by the Indian Postal Department for a special event or in the memory and honour of highly decorated figures. “Corbett National Park administration is getting these envelopes prepared by the postal department in memory of Edward Jim Corbett. Park administration has got two thousand ‘Special Day Cover’ envelopes made, which will be released on Jim Corbett’s birth anniversary on July 25” informed a senior park administration official.

Sharing the information, Director of Corbett Tiger Reserve Saket Badola stated that various programs will be organised at different entry gates including Dhangarhi, Kaladhungi, Kalagarh and Kotdwar to mark a grand event in celebration of Jim Corbett’s birth anniversary this year.

“Focus of the celebration will be mainly on making school children and people across the country aware of Jim Corbett, about the park and its past. The park is its special legacy of nomenclatures and its tiger conservation project plans resulting in a rise in big cat population” said state forest minister Subodh Uniyal.

He added that the state government and reserve administration want people of India to know how Corbett Tiger Reserve underwent transitions as to its nomenclature with the time through Jim Corbett’s Anniversary celebration.

It is notable that Corbett Tiger Reserve, also known as Corbett National Park is India’s oldest national park. It was the first tiger reserve in the country to be included in Project Tiger, an ambitious conservation program aimed at protecting tigers and their habitats. In the beginning it was established as Hailey National Park in 1936 but renamed as Corbett National Park in 1957 to honour renowned naturalist Jim Corbett.