National Park is an area that is strictly reserved for the protection and betterment of wildlife and biodiversity. It also includes the activities like developmental, forestry, poaching, hunting, and grazing on cultivation that are not permitted. In India areas secured under Act 35(A) under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 are called National Parks. There are 105 National Parks of India. It has the third-highest number of national parks in Asia after China and Thailand.
National Parks in India: Facts
Largest National Park of India: Hemis National Park, Ladakh
Smallest National Park: South Button Island National Park, Andaman, and Nicobar Island
First Marine National Park: Gulf of Kutchh National Park
Floating National Park: Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur
Total number of National Parks: 105
The country’s first national park (now known as Jim Corbett National Park) was created in 1936. Up until 1970, there were only five national parks in India. By 1970, India only had five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species. The list of Top 30 National Parks in India:
- Kaziranga National Park, Assam
- Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand
- Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- Periyar National Park, Kerala
- Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka
- Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat
- Sundarban National Park, West Bengal
- Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
- Manas National Park, Assam
- Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan
- Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu
- Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- Eravikulam National Park
- Sariska National Park
- Bandhavgarh National Park
- Dudhwa National Park, Uttara Pradesh
- Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
- Nameri National Park, Assam
- Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand
- Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan
- Orang National Park, Assam
- Gorumara National Park, West Bengal
- Simlipal National Park, Odisha
- Dachigam National Park, Srinagar
- Jaldapara National Park, West Bengal
- Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (Wandoor National Park)
- Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim
- Pin Valley National Park, Himachal Pradesh