· In 1936 Hailey National Park was declared as India's first national park. This National Park is now known as Jim Corbett National Park. It is also the first sanctuary to come under Project Tiger in 1973-74.
· There are 102 national parks.
· Hemis National Park in Jammu and Kashmir is largest national park of India with 4,400 square km.It is also the National Park located in highest altitude.
· South Button Island National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the smallest National Park with the total area of 2 square miles.
· Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Manas National Park in Assam and Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan are the three National Parks in India that declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.
· Madhya Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have the highest number of National Parks with 9 each.
· Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch is the first national marine park of India.
· Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur is the only floating park in the world.
State/ Union Territory
|
National Park
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Famous For
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Andaman
and Nicobar
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Rani Jhansi
|
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Campbell
Bay
|
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Galathea
|
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Mount Harriet Island
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Saltwater
Crocodiles
|
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North
Button Island
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Dolphin
|
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Mahatma
Gandhi
|
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Middle
Button Island
|
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South
Button Island
|
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Saddle
Peak
|
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Andhra
Pradesh
|
Kasu
Brahmananda Reddy
|
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Mrugavani
|
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Mahavir
Harina Vanasthali
|
||
Sri
Venkateswara
|
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Arunachal
Pradesh
|
Mouling
|
|
Namdapha
|
Gaur
|
|
Assam
|
Kaziranga
|
One
horned rhinos
|
Manas
|
Tiger
|
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Dibru
Saikhowa
|
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Nameri
|
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Orang
|
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Bihar
|
Kanwar
Taal Bird Sanctuary
|
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Valmiki
|
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Vikramshila
Dolphin Sanctuary
|
||
Chhattisgarh
|
Indravati
|
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Kanger
Ghati
|
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Goa
|
Mollem
|
|
Gujarat
|
Blackbuck
|
Blackbuck
and Lesser Florican
|
Gir
|
Asiatic
Lions
|
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Marine
National Park
|
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Vansda
|
||
Haryana
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Sultanpur
|
|
Kalesar
|
||
Himachal
Pradesh
|
Great
Himalayan
|
|
Pin
Valley
|
Himalayan
Snowcock
|
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
Kishtwar
|
|
Dachigam
|
||
Hemis
|
Snow
Leopard
|
|
Salim
Ali
|
||
Jharkhand
|
Betla
|
|
Karnataka
|
Bandipur
|
Asian
Elephant, Tiger
|
Bannerghatta
|
||
Anshi
|
||
Nagarhole
|
||
Kudremukh
National Park
|
||
Kerala
|
Mathikettan
Shola
|
|
Anamudi
Shola
|
||
Pampadam
Shola
|
||
Periyar
|
Indian
elephants
|
|
Eravikulam
|
Nilgiri
Tahr
|
|
Silent
Valley
|
||
Madhya
Pradesh
|
Bandhavgarh
|
Tiger
|
Satpura
|
||
Kanha
|
Swamp
Deer
|
|
Fossil
|
||
Madhav
|
||
Panna
|
||
Sanjay
|
||
Pench
|
||
Van
Vihar
|
||
Maharashtra
|
Gilbert
Hill
|
|
Karnala
|
||
Gugamal
|
||
Navegaon
|
||
Chandoli
|
Indian
Bison, Sloth Bears
|
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Pench
|
||
Sanjay
Gandhi
|
||
Tadoba
|
||
Manipur
|
Keibul
Lamjao
|
Eld's
Deer
|
Sirohi
|
||
Meghalaya
|
Nokrek
|
|
Balphakram
|
||
Mizoram
|
Murlen
|
|
Phawngpui
|
||
Nagaland
|
Intanki
|
|
Odisha
|
Simlipal
|
Royal
Bengal Tigers,Elephants
|
Bhitarkanika
|
||
Rajasthan
|
Desert
|
Great
Indian Bustard
|
Ranthambore
|
Tiger
|
|
Darrah
|
||
Keoladeo
|
Siberian
Cranes
|
|
Sariska
|
||
Sikkim
|
Khangchendzonga
|
Wild
Ass, Himalayan Tahr
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
Guindy
|
|
Mudumalai
|
||
Mukurthi
|
||
Gulf
of Mannar
|
||
Palani
Hills
|
||
Indira
Gandhi
|
Lion
Tailed Macaque,Dhole
|
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Uttar
Pradesh
|
Dudhwa
|
|
Nawabganj
|
||
Uttarakhand
|
Corbett
|
Tiger
|
Gangotri
|
||
Nanda
Devi
|
||
Rajaji
|
Asian
Elephant, Bengal Tiger
|
|
Govind
|
||
Valley
of Flowers
|
Asiatic
black bear
|
|
West
Bengal
|
Gorumara
|
|
Neora
Valley
|
||
Buxa
|
||
Singalila
|
||
Jaldapara
|
||
Sundarbans
|
Royal
Bengal Tiger
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