National Park and List of National Parks in India (State Wise)
National Park
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes and it is protected. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.
An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas.According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006. IUCN is still discussing the parameters of defining a national park.
While this type of national park had been proposed previously, the United States established the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. However, the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve (established in 1776),and the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Mountain (1778) are seen as the oldest legally protected areas, predating Yellowstone by nearly a century.
List of National Parks in INDIA (state wise):
State/Union Territory | Name of the National Park |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | · Campbell Bay National Park · Galathea National Park · Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (Wandur National Park) · Middle Button Island National Park · Mount Harriet National Park · North Button Island National Park · Rani Jhansi Marine National Park · Saddle Peak National Park · South Button Island National Park |
Andhra Pradesh | · Papikonda National Park · Rajiv Gandhi National Park · Sri Venkateswara National Park |
Arunachal Pradesh | · Namdapha National Park · Mouling National Park |
Assam | · Dibru-Saikhowa National Park · Kaziranga National Park · Manas National Park · Nameri National Park · Orang National Park |
Bihar | · Valmiki National Park · Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary · Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary |
Chhattisgarh | · Indravati National Park · Kanger Ghati National Park (Kanger Valley) · Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park |
Goa | · Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park |
Gujarat | · Vansda National Park · Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar · Gir National Park · Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park |
Haryana | · Kalesar National Park · Sultanpur National Park |
Himachal Pradesh | · Great Himalayan National Park · Pin Valley National Park · Inderkilla National Park · Khirganga National Park · Simbalbara National Park |
Jammu and Kashmir | · Dachigam National Park · Hemis National Park · Kishtwar National Park · Salim Ali National Park |
Jharkhand | · Betla National Park · Dimna National Park · Hazaribag National Park |
Karnataka | · Anshi National Park · Rajiv Gandhi National Park · Bandipur National Park · Bannerghatta National Park · Kudremukh National Park |
Kerala | · Eravikulam National Park · Mathikettan Shola National Park · Periyar National Park · Silent Valley National Park · Anamudi Shola National Park · Pambadum Shola National Park |
Madhya Pradesh | · Bandhavgarh National Park · Mandla Plant Fossil National Park · Kanha National Park · Madhav National Park · Panna National Park · Pench National Park · Sanjay National Park · Satpura National Park · Van Vihar National Park |
Maharashtra | · Chandoli National Park · Gugamal National Park · Navegaon National Park · Pench National Park · Sanjay Gandhi National Park or Borivili National Park · Tadoba National Park |
Manipur | · Keibul Lamjao National Park · Sirohi National Park |
Meghalaya | · Balphakram National Park · Nokrek National Park |
Mizoram | · Murlen National Park · Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park |
Nagaland | · Ntangki National Park |
Orissa | · Bhitarkanika National Park · Nandankanan National Park · Simlipal National Park |
Punjab | · Harike Wetland |
Rajasthan | · Darrah National Park · Desert National Park · Keoladeo National Park · Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary · Ranthambore National Park · Sariska National Park |
Sikkim | · Khangchendzonga National Park |
Tamil Nadu | · Mudumalai National Park · Mukurthi National Park · Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park · Guindy National Park · Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park |
Tripura | · Bison( Rajbari ) National Park · Clouded Leopard National Park |
Uttar Pradesh | · Dudhwa National Park |
Uttarakhand | · Gangotri National Park · Govind Pashu Vihar · Jim Corbett National Park · Nanda Devi National Park · Rajaji National Park · Valley of Flowers National Park |
West Bengal | · Gorumara National Park · Buxa National Park · Neora Valley National Park · Singalila National Park · Jaldapara National Park · Sundarbans National Park |
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