Question 3810
Where is Kaziranga National Park located?
Answer
Assam
Why?
The correct answer is Assam . Key Points Kaziranga National park’s 430 square kilometre area sprinkled with elephant-grass meadows, swampy lagoons, and dense forests is home to more than 2200 Indian one-horned rhinoceros , approximately 2/3rd of their total world population. The Kaziranga NAtion park is located on the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots – Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam. It is said when Mary Curzon, the wife of the Viceroy of India – Lord Curzon of Kedleston , visited the park to see Indian one-horned rhinoceros; she wasn’t able to found even one. Then she persuaded her husband to take urgent measures to protect the dwindling species which he did by initiating planning for their protection. After a series of meetings and documentation, the Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest was created with an area of 232 km2 (90 sq mi) in 1905. With the increase in tiger population every year, the government authorities declared Kaziranga as a Tiger Reserve in the year 2006. In the year 1985 , the park was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Additional Information The list of National parks in Gujarat - Gir Forest National Park Black Buck National Park Marine National Park Vansda National Park The list of National parks in Manipur - Keibul Lamjao National Park The list of National parks in Haryana - Kalesar National Park Sultanpur National Park
