National Parks
Geography · राष्ट्रीय उद्यान · 18 facts
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) manages Project Tiger. Tiger census done every 4 years.
Madhya Pradesh has the most tigers — called 'Tiger State of India'
International Tiger Day = 29 July; World Elephant Day = 12 August
Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand) = India's first national park (1936) + first Project Tiger reserve
Kaziranga (Assam) = one-horned rhino, UNESCO, on Brahmaputra
Gir (Gujarat) = ONLY home of Asiatic lions in the world
Sundarbans (West Bengal) = Royal Bengal Tiger, largest mangrove, UNESCO
Hemis (Ladakh) = largest national park in India, snow leopard
Keibul Lamjao (Manipur) = only floating national park, Loktak Lake, Sangai deer
Kanha (MP) = Jungle Book inspiration, barasingha conservation
Valley of Flowers (Uttarakhand) = UNESCO, rare Himalayan flowers
Namdapha (Arunachal) = only park with 4 big cat species
Bandhavgarh (MP) = highest tiger density, white tigers first found
Madhya Pradesh = most national parks (12), called Tiger State
Project Tiger (1973) by Indira Gandhi; Project Elephant (1992)
Periyar (Kerala) = elephants, Periyar Lake, Western Ghats
Ranthambore (Rajasthan) = tiger photography, Ranthambore Fort
India has 106 national parks (2024) covering ~1.35% of total area