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PRESENTS
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IMPORTANT WILDLIFE
SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL
PARKS
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NAME PLACE FAMOUS FOR
Jim Corbett National Park Nainital, Uttarakhand It is the oldest national park
in India and was established
in 1936 as Hailey National
Park to protect the
endangered Bengal tiger.
Kaziranga National Park Golaghat and Nagaon
districts in Assam
The sanctuary hosts two-
thirds of the world's great
one-horned rhinoceroses and
is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
Gir Forest National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary
Junagadh District, Gir
Somnath District and
Amreli Districts in
Gujarat
It is a forest and wildlife
sanctuary and home to the
Asiatic lions.
Sundarbans National Park Dayapur, Gosaba, West
Bengal
It is a National Park, Tiger
Reserve, and a Biosphere
Reserve covered by
mangrove forests and is one
of the largest reserves for the
Bengal tiger and is a
UNESCO World Heritage
Site.
Eravikulam National Park Idukki(Munnar), Kerala A unique aspect of this
national park is the blooming
of the Neelakurinji, a plant
that blooms once every 12
years, and turns the entire
forest a deep shade of blue.
Pench National Park Seoni and Chhindwara
districts of Madhya
Pradesh
It derives its name from the
Pench River that flows
through the park and haven
for Royal Bengal Tigers.
Sariska National Park Alwar district of
Rajasthan
It is a national park and tiger
reserve and is a refuge for
Royal Bengal Tigers.
Kanha National Park Mandla and Balaghat
districts of Madhya
Pradesh
Kanha National Park is one
of the first tiger reserve to
work for Project Tiger in
India and it is the largest
national park of Madhya
Pradesh.
Ranthambore National Park Sawai Madhopur district
of Rajasthan
It is one of the largest
national parks in North India
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and is known for its Bengal
tigers.
Periyar National Park Thekkady, Kerala Periyar National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary is a
notable as both as a elephant
reserve and a tiger reserve.
Bandhavgarh National Park Umaria district of Madhya
Pradesh
White Tigers were present in
the Bandhavgarh Tiger
Reserve.
Mudumalai National Park Nilgiri District of Tamil
Nadu
Bird watching is an
interesting activity here as
fine bird specimens flock this
area quite often.
Dachigam National Park Srinagar, Jammu and
Kashmir
Only area where Kashmir
stag is found.
Nagarhole National Park Kodagu and Mysore
districts in Karnataka
It is also known as Rajiv
Gandhi National Park.
Bannerghatta National Park Bangalore, Karnataka Also known as Bannerghatta
Biological Park. It is a
popular tourist destination
with a zoo, a pet corner, an
animal rescue centre, a
butterfly enclosure, an
aquarium, a snake house and
a safari park.
Bandipur National Park Chamarajanagar district of
Karnataka
It is part of the Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve and
largest habitat of wild
elephants in south Asia.
Govind Pashu Vihar National
Park and Sanctuary
Uttarakand It is named after a prominent
Indian freedom fighter and
politician Govind Ballabh
Pant.
Gangotri National Park Uttarkashi District of
Uttarakhand
It was third largest National
park of India.
Nanda Devi National Park Joshimath,Uttarakhand The National Park was
inscribed a World Heritage
Site by UNESCO in 1988.
The latter was expanded and
renamed to Nanda Devi and
Valley of Flowers National
Parks in 2005.
Gulf of Mannar Marine National
Park
It lies 1 to 10 km away
from the east coast of
It consists of 21 small islands
and coral reefs in the Gulf of
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Tamil Nadu, South India
for 160 km between
Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)
and Dhanushkodi.
Mannar in the Indian Ocean
of Tamil Nadu. The park has
a high diversity of plants and
animals in its marine and
shore habitats. Dugong (Sea
Cow), a vulnerable marine
mammal is also found here.
Indira Gandhi National Park Coimbatore District,
Tamil Nadu
Anamalai Tiger Reserve,
earlier known as Indira
Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary
and National Park.
Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur, Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park or
Keoladeo Ghana National
Park formerly known as the
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is a
man-made and man-managed
wetland and one of the
national parks of India. It is
conferred with World
Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Chandoli National Park Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli
Districts of Maharashtra
It is a natural World Heritage
Site.
Tadoba National Park Chandrapur district of
Maharashtra
It is notable as Maharashtra's
oldest and largest national
park.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park Northern part of Mumbai
city
It is formerly Borivali
National Park
Manas National Park Jyoti Gaon, Assam Also known as Manas
Wildlife Sanctuary,
UNESCO Natural World
Heritage site, a Project Tiger
reserve, an elephant and a
biosphere reserve.
Gulf of Kutch Marine National
Park
Southern shore of the Gulf
of Kutch in Jamnagar,
Gujarat
It is the first national marine
park and also first marine
wildlife sanctuary of India
with 42 islands on Jamnagar
coast in the Marine National
Park.
Van Vihar National Park Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh It is developed and managed
as a modern zoological park.
Keibul Lamjao National Park Bishnupur District,
Manipur
It is the only floating park in
the world and an integral part
of Loktak Lake.
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Sri Venkateswara National Park Chittoor & Cuddapah
districts of Andhra
Pradesh
It is one of the biosphere
reserves of India.
Mahatma Gandhi Marine
National Park
Wandoor, Andaman
Islands
It is also Known as Wandoor
National Park. This National
park is covered with Tropical
Forest.
Mount Harriet National Park Port Blair, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
The picture on the back side
of Rs 20 note is taken from
Mount Harriet National Park.
The park is named in
commemoration of Harriet
Tytler, wife of Robert
Christopher Tytler, a British
army officer.
Great Himalayan National Park Kullu region in Himachal
Pradesh
The Park was added to the
UNESCO list of World
Heritage Sites. The Unesco
World Heritage Site
Committee granted the status
to the park under the criteria
of "outstanding significance
for biodiversity
conservation".
Khangchendzonga National
Park
Sikkim The park gets its name from
the mountain Kanchenjunga
which is 8,586 metres
(28,169 ft) tall, the third
highest peak in the world.
Nokrek National Park Tura, Meghalaya UNESCO added this
National park to its list of
Biosphere Reserves.
Silent Valley National Park Mannarkkad, Palakkad
District, Kerala
The British named the area
Silent Valley because of a
perceived absence of noisy
cicadas.
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