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IMPORTANT WILDLIFE
SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL
PARKS

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Jim Corbett National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Gir Forest National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary
Sundarbans National Park
Eravikulam National Park
Pench National Park
Sariska National Park
Kanha National Park
Ranthambore National Park
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PLACE FAMOUS FOR
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.
Golaghat and Nagaon The sanctuary hosts two-
districts in Assam thirds of the world's great
one-horned rhinoceroses and
is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
Junagadh District, Gir It is a forest and wildlife
Somnath District and sanctuary and home to the
Amreli Districts in Asiatic lions.
Gujarat
Dayapur, Gosaba, West It is a National Park, Tiger
Bengal 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.
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.
Seoni and Chhindwara It derives its name from the
districts of Madhya Pench River that flows
Pradesh through the park and haven
for Royal Bengal Tigers.
Alwar district of It is a national park and tiger
Rajasthan reserve and is a refuge for
Royal Bengal Tigers.
Mandla and Balaghat Kanha National Park is one
districts of Madhya of the first tiger reserve to
Pradesh work for Project Tiger in
India and it is the largest
national park of Madhya
Pradesh.
Sawai Madhopur district It is one of the largest
of Rajasthan national parks in North India
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Periyar National Park Thekkady, Kerala
Bandhavgarh National Park Umaria district of Madhya
Pradesh
Mudumalai National Park Nilgiri District of Tamil
Nadu
Dachigam National Park Srinagar, Jammu and
Kashmir
Nagarhole National Park Kodagu and Mysore
districts in Karnataka
Bannerghatta National Park Bangalore, Karnataka
Bandipur National Park Chamarajanagar district of
Karnataka
Govind Pashu Vihar National Uttarakand
Park and Sanctuary
Gangotri National Park Uttarkashi District of
Uttarakhand
Nanda Devi National Park Joshimath,Uttarakhand
Gulf of Mannar Marine National It lies 1 to 10 km away
Park from the east coast of
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and is known for its Bengal
tigers.
Periyar National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary is a
notable as both as a elephant
reserve and a tiger reserve.
White Tigers were present in
the Bandhavgarh Tiger
Reserve.
Bird watching is an
interesting activity here as
fine bird specimens flock this
area quite often.
Only area where Kashmir
stag is found.
It is also known as Rajiv
Gandhi National Park.
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.
It is part of the Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve and
largest habitat of wild
elephants in south Asia.
It is named after a prominent
Indian freedom fighter and
politician Govind Ballabh
Pant.
It was third largest National
park of India.
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.
It consists of 21 small islands
and coral reefs in the Gulf of
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Indira Gandhi National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Chandoli National Park
Tadoba National Park
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Manas National Park
Gulf of Kutch Marine National
Park
Van Vihar National Park
Keibul Lamjao National Park
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Tamil Nadu, South India Mannar in the Indian Ocean
for 160 km between of Tamil Nadu. The park has
Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) a high diversity of plants and
and Dhanushkodi. animals in its marine and
shore habitats. Dugong (Sea
Cow), a vulnerable marine
mammal is also found here.
Coimbatore District, Anamalai Tiger Reserve,
Tamil Nadu earlier known as Indira
Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary
and 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.
Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli It is a natural World Heritage
Districts of Maharashtra Site.
Chandrapur district of It is notable as Maharashtra's
Maharashtra oldest and largest national
park.
Northern part of Mumbai It is formerly Borivali
city 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.
Southern shore of the Gulf It is the first national marine
of Kutch in Jamnagar, park and also first marine
Gujarat wildlife sanctuary of India
with 42 islands on Jamnagar
coast in the Marine National
Park.
Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh It is developed and managed
as a modern zoological park.
Bishnupur District, It is the only floating park in
Manipur the world and an integral part
of Loktak Lake.
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Sri Venkateswara National Park
Mahatma Gandhi Marine
National Park
Mount Harriet National Park
Great Himalayan National Park
Khangchendzonga National
Park
Nokrek National Park
Silent Valley National Park
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Chittoor & Cuddapah It is one of the biosphere
districts of Andhra reserves of India.
Pradesh
Wandoor, Andaman It is also Known as Wandoor
Islands National Park. This National
park is covered with Tropical
Forest.
Port Blair, Andaman and The picture on the back side
Nicobar Islands 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.
Kullu region in Himachal The Park was added to the
Pradesh 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".
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.
Tura, Meghalaya UNESCO added this
National park to its list of
Biosphere Reserves.
Mannarkkad, Palakkad The British named the area
District, Kerala Silent Valley because of a
perceived absence of noisy
cicadas.
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