List of national parks in India

✪ What is National Park?

▶ An area, whether within a sanctuary or not, can be notified by the state government to be constituted as a National Park.

▶ The purpose of a National Park is to protect the ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or zoological association of a particular region.

▶ National Parks in India are declared under the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
▶ National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas.

♦ Flora – All the plant life present in a particular region or time known as Flora. Or in other words we can say flora is the the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants.

♦ Fauna – Just like flora, Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. Or in other words fauna is the animals of a certain region, habitat or geological period.

♦ IUCN Category II : National Park
✓ Large natural or near natural areas set aside to protect large-scale ecological processes, along with the complement of species and ecosystems characteristic of the area.

✓ The Primary objective is to protect natural biodiversity along with its underlying ecological structure and supporting environmental processes.

…………..Source – IUCN Category II : National Park

♦ About IUCN
✓ Full form – International Union for Conservation of Nature.
✓ Function – It working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
✓ Foundation year – 5 October 1948
✓ Headquarters – Gland, Switzerland
✓ Members – 1,400
✓ Director General – Dr Bruno Oberle
✓ President – Zhang Xinsheng

✪ Features of National Park

▶ The proposal authority for notifying lands included in national parks is vested in the state government.

▶ After the declaration of National Park, from the day the State Government can’t alteration the boundary of the National Park without the recommendation of National Board.

▶ Grazing of livestock are strictly prohibited in a National Park.

▶ Only those animals are allowed to enter the national park which is used as a vehicle by a person who is allowed to enter it.

▶ The poaching , exploitation or removal of wildlife, including forestry products, from a national park is strictly prohibited.

▶ People living around the National Parks cannot use the Park for commercial purpose or any kind of private activities.

▶ Any kind of developmental activities, industrial activities, hunting and cultivation are not permitted.

…….. Source – Section 35 in The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

✪ List of National Parks in India

✪  National parks in india map

Here is a simple map of National Park in India, This map contain all the 106 National Parks of India.

✪ Number of National Park , Current Status

◘ At present as per the official data we have 106 national parks.
◘ Previously there are 104 National Parks.
◘ On May , 2021, two new National Park added in this list.
◘ Both the new National Parks located in the states of Assam.

◘ They are ..
• Raimona National Park
• Dihang Patkai National Park

◘ 104th National Park ➥ Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh
◘ 105th National Park ➥ Raimona National Park, Assam
◘ 106th National Park ➥ Dihang Patkai National Park , Assam

✪ Fact about the newly added National Parks

◘ Raimona National Park
• Raimona National Park located at Kokrajhar district, Assam.
• It formed boundary with the Sonkosh River along the inter-state boundary of West Bengal and Saralbhanga River in Assam.

• On World Environmental Day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared Raimona as a National Park.

• The Raimona National Park, located at the Kachugaon forest division.
• Raimona National Park is the 6th National Park of Assam.
• The Park is famous for Golden Langur, an endemic species.

Aso Read Assam GK

◘ Dihang Patkai National Park
• Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Assam’s easternmost districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.

• Previously it was a Wildlife Sanctuary that is Dihang Patkai Wildelife Sanctuary.

• Recently Government of Assam decided to upgrading the status of Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary to National Park.

• Dehing River, which originates from the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, flows through the sanctuary.

• Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary also known as the “Amazon of the East” or ” Jeypore Rainforest.”
• It is the 7th National Park of Assam.
• Some of the rare species of the Dihang Patkai National Park is Flying Fox, Clouded Leopard, Chinese Pangolin and Assam macaque.
• White Winged Wood Duck is a rare endangered species of this park .

✪ Famous species of some National Parks

✪ Some National Parks are named after famous personalities

✪ Confusing Name of National Park

✪ Fact About National Parks in India

▲ List of Nation Parks in India under UNESCO World Heritage Site

• 1. Great Himalayan National Park (Himachal Pradesh)
• 2. Kaziranga National Park (Assam)
• 3. Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan)
• 4. Khangchendzonga National Park (Sikkim)
• 5. Manas National Park (Assam)
• 6. Nanda Devi National Park (Uttarakhand)
• 7. Sundarbans National Park (West Bengal)
• 8. Valley of Flowers National Park (Uttarakhand)

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