Dan Singh Bist
Thakur Dan Singh Bist (1906 – 10 September 1964) was an Indian billionaire philanthropist from Kumaon, Uttaranchal, India. He was referred to as the "Timber King of India", a "champion of the people" and "a prince among men".The people of Kumaon affectionately remember him as "Maldar" one who is generous with stuff. The famous architect Laurie Baker and his wife mention their close friend in a memoir 'the maldar who owned most of Pithoragarh. A close business associate of Corbett from whom he bought Grasmere estate in Nainital and Berinag tea estate. Skins of Corbett's killed tigers are housed at Thakur Dan Singh's residence the famed 'Bist Estate'. Corbett took jungle clues from employees who 'earned their living by floating sleepers down the Sarda river for Thakur Dan Singh Bist'. Willia
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Dan Singh Bist
Thakur Dan Singh Bist (1906 – 10 September 1964) was an Indian billionaire philanthropist from Kumaon, Uttaranchal, India. He was referred to as the "Timber King of India", a "champion of the people" and "a prince among men".The people of Kumaon affectionately remember him as "Maldar" one who is generous with stuff. The famous architect Laurie Baker and his wife mention their close friend in a memoir 'the maldar who owned most of Pithoragarh. A close business associate of Corbett from whom he bought Grasmere estate in Nainital and Berinag tea estate. Skins of Corbett's killed tigers are housed at Thakur Dan Singh's residence the famed 'Bist Estate'. Corbett took jungle clues from employees who 'earned their living by floating sleepers down the Sarda river for Thakur Dan Singh Bist'. Willia
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