Tiger Hunt In Cooch Behar

May, 1957

Tiger Hunt in Cooch BeharThe Present Maharaja of Rewa, a small state in India, has just shot his 90th tiger, including a white one; his father has killed 800, including two white ones.You need not be a maharaja to shoot tigers. Today, the cost is so low it is within reach of nearly everybody. Recently, an American diplomat stationed in New Delhi bagged one for a mere $250. This modest sum covered roundtrip air fare from New Delhi to Nagpur in central India, services of two Khansamas (cooks), a w...