National
Parks in India
- Bandhavgarh
National Park
Set amongst the Vindhyas, in Madhya Pradesh,
Bandhavgarh is a small national park, but with the highest known
density of tiger population in India.
- Ranthambore
National Park
Near the township of Sawai Madhopur, in the
state of Rajasthan, Ranthambore National Park is an outstanding
example of Project Tiger's efforts at conservation in the country.
- Sundarbans
National Park
Located in the Ganga delta in West Bengal,
spanning the Hooghly in the west and Teulia river in the east,
Sunderbans was declared a National Park in 1984.
- Bandipur
National Park
Part of the lushly-forested Deccan Plateau,
Bandipur, in Karnataka, offers a rich and varied wildlife habitat.
It is a part of a larger national park, which also includes the
neighbouring wildlife sanctuaries, of Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu and
Wynad in Kerala.
- Kaziranga
National Park
Kaziranga National Park lies on the south
bank of the Brahmaputra and its boundary for the most part follows
the Mora Diphlu river and runs parallel to National Highway No. 37.
- Kanha
National Park
- The Kanha National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, forms the core of the
Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974, under Project Tiger. Stretching
over 940 sq km, the vegetation, chiefly made of sal and bamboo
forests, grasslands and streams, this park is the sole habitat of
the rare hardground barasingha.
- Manas
National Park
Formerly known as North Kamrup, Manas, in
Assam, was declared a sanctuary in 1928. In 1985 it was accorded the
status of World Heritage Site.
Wildlife
Sanctuaries in India
- Bharatpur
Wildlife Sanctuary
Situated in eastern Rajasthan, about
176 kms away from Delhi, and 50 km west of Agra, is the Keoladeo
Ghana or Bharatpur National Park, one of the most spectacular bird
sanctuaries in India, nesting indigenous water.
- Corbett
National Park
The Corbett National Park is located in the
terai region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, straddling the
undulating Shivalik foothills of the Himalayas.
- Sariska
Wildlife Sanctuary
Sariska, in Rajasthan, the erstwhile
royal preserve of the rulers of Alwar, became a sanctuary in the
year 1958. The sanctuary came under the Project Tiger in 1979 and
became a national park in 1982.
- Gir
National Park & Sanctuary
The Gir National Park, was
established on 18th September, 1965, as a Forest Reserve, primarily
to conserve the Asiatic lion.
- Periyar
Wildlife Sanctuary
The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary at
Thekkady in Kerala, is one of the 16 Project Tiger Reserves in
India. About a century ago, a British engineer, Col. J. Pennycuick,
chalked out a plan to dam the Periyar River, subsequently, a dam was
constructed in 1895.
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