JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK

Know in brief about asias first national park

  1. India’s first national park, the Jim Corbett National Park was established as Hailey National Park in Nainital, Uttarakhand in 1936.

  1. Famous for Royal Bengal tigers and Asiatic elephants, Jim Corbett National Park is also Asia’s first national park.

  1. It was renamed as Ramganga National Park in 1954-55, and again renamed as the Corbett National Park in 1955-56.

  1. Along with the neighbouring Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary and Reserve Forest areas, it forms the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

  1. Corbett Tiger Reserve is located between the Siwalik Himalayas and the Terai.

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