लोकायत शोध संस्थान

Rajendra Bora Jaipur. Fateh Singh Rathore who lost battle with cancer in Jaipur on Monday fought untiring batlles for more than three decades against the establishment and poachers to save tigers in Ranthambhore. He wrote the success story of Ranthambhore Tiger reserve which could not be carried forward by his predesessors. Born in a desert village in the then Royal state of Marwar, near Jodhpur, with little vegetation Rathore, fondly called Fathji by wild life enthusiasts, was nothing in his family background that could forecast that he would become a great protector of endangered wild animals. In his schooldays he was not a studious boy and once aspired to become an actor. His grandfather pushed him into the Navy which could not hold him more than six months. He tried to become a lawyer and sold soft coal for a while. Rathore joined the Forest department in 1960 as a Game Ranger in Sariska. That was the turning point in the life of Fathji. His fascination with forest and wild life r...