National Parks and Tiger Reserves Flashcards

Famous national parks of India, their states and flagship species.

First national park of India

Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand (1936, as Hailey National Park).
Project Tiger launched here in 1973.

Kaziranga National Park

Assam – one-horned rhinoceros; UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Gir National Park

Gujarat – the only natural home of the Asiatic lion.

Sundarbans National Park

West Bengal – largest mangrove forest; Royal Bengal Tiger; UNESCO site.

Keoladeo National Park

Bharatpur, Rajasthan – bird sanctuary; UNESCO site.

Hemis National Park

Ladakh – snow leopard; largest national park in India.

Kanha National Park

Madhya Pradesh – hard-ground barasingha (swamp deer).

Kuno National Park

Madhya Pradesh – cheetahs reintroduced from Namibia in 2022.

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Manipur – only floating national park, on Loktak Lake; home of the Sangai deer.

Dachigam National Park

Jammu & Kashmir – Hangul (Kashmir stag).

Silent Valley National Park

Kerala – lion-tailed macaque.

Periyar Tiger Reserve

Kerala – elephants and tigers around Periyar Lake.