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Bhim Tal , modern name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimtal Bhimtal] (Wikipedia) is situated 22 kilometres from Naini Tal . It was the location of a [[POW Camps in India#Boer War|Boer prisoner of war camp]] , established in 1902 at the north end of the lake, according to this [http://books.google.com/books?id=fcrieQdY3Y0C&pg=PA78 link]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fcrieQdY3Y0C&pg=PA78 Page 78] ''Hill resorts of U.P. Himalaya,: a geographical study'' by Nutan Tyagi 1991 Google Books</ref>
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.
==FIBIS Resources==
:Some information on the following three cemeteries can be found in [[BACSA]] file in the British Library (ref Mss Eur F370/604)
*Haldwani Cemetery (Muslim Graveyard)
*Kaladungi Cemetery . Some graves here date back to 1870s <ref> Long Vanessa [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1998-05/0895286666 India Kaladungi Cemetery ] rootsweb Mailing List Post 1998] states some graves date back to 1870s. Retrieved August 2014</ref>.
*Methodist Cemetery (Ayarpatta)
