 Incidentally, Orde Wingate of Chindit Circus fame, who was born on 26 February 1903 in a house called Montrose in Nainital, had his early schooling in all probability at Philander Smith College.Despite their birthplace being the same, Jim never met the "sword and Bible" general Wingate.However, as a Lieutenant Colonel and senior instructor in jungle craft, he trained some of Orde Wingate's 'Chindits' at Chhindwara in the then Central Province.