| Bachelor/King of Powalgarh | |
| Birth Date: | Prior to or during 1920 |
| Death Date: | Winter of 1930 (aged at least 9–10) |
| Death Place: | Powalgarh, Kumaon, India |
| Species: | Bengal tiger |
| Gender: | Male |
The Bachelor of Powalgarh (1920–1930) also known as the King of Powalgarh, was an unusually large male Bengal tiger, said to have been 10feet long.[1] From 1920 to 1930, the Bachelor was the most sought-after big-game trophy in the United Provinces. British hunter Jim Corbett shot and killed the Bachelor in the winter of 1930, and later told the story in his 1944 book Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
Jim Corbett first sighted the Bachelor in 1923 in a steep ravine within a secure retreat. Government rules prohibited night-time shooting, which inadvertently helped the highly sought after tiger to survive.
Information about the male Bengal tiger comes from a documentary-style story written by hunter, conservationist, and author Jim Corbett in his book Man-Eaters of Kumaon, published by the Oxford University Press in India in 1944.[2]