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Approximately 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Nainital is the [[Kumaon |Jim Corbett National Park]] The author of this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-03/1332106098 post] has happy memories of her young days in the forests of Kumaon near the Jim Corbett National Park.
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==Schools==
[[Image:Naini Tal Diocesan Boys' School.JPG|thumb|right|270px|Naini Tal Diocesan Boys' School.JPG]]
Oak Openings Boys High School was renamed in 1889, when it was relocated from a previous site. Jim Corbett of [[Kumaon|Jim Corbett National Park]] fame attended this school. In 1905 the Philander Smith Institute of Mussoorie, founded by a Mrs. Smith, widow of Mr. Philander Smith of Illinois was moved to Nainital and "amalgamated" with the Oak Openings Boys’ High School and the result was the Philander Smith College
<ref name=name>[http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/history.asp Birla Vidyamandir School: History] </ref>.
