PART-1, IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARK IN INDIA

BUXA NATIONAL PARK

 Buxa National Park is located in West Bengal, India, in the Buxa Hills of the southern hilly area of Bhutan.

• In 1992, the Government of West Bengal declared its intentions to constitute Buxa National Park.

GORUMARA NATIONAL PARK

- Gorumara National Park is a National Park in northern West Bengal.

 ▪ It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros. The park has been declared as the best among the protected areas in India by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the year 2009.

GALATHEA NATIONAL PARK

Galathea National Park is a National Park located in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

-It was gazetted as a National Park of India in 1992.

MIDDLE BUTTON ISLAND N P

 Middle Button Island National Park is an Indian national park located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The park was created in 1979.

Valmiki National Park 

 Location: West Champaran, Bihar, India

 - The extensive forest area of Valmikinagar was previously owned by the Bettiah Raj and Ramanagar Raj until the early 1950s. Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) is one of the natural virgin recesses in east India, situated in the north-west corner of Bihar.  The pristine forest and wilderness of VTR is an excellent example of a Himalayan Terai landscape. VTR comprises the Valmiki National Park and Valmiki Wildlife Sanctuar. Champaran derives from two words, Champa and Aranya, meaning forest of Champa trees.

MAHATMA GANDHI MARINE NP 

 Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park is a national park of India near Wandoor on the Andaman Islands. 

• It belongs to the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Established: 1983

MAHATMA GANDHI MARINE NP 

 Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat. 

•It was established in 1965.

BLACKBUCK NATIONAL PARK

 Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat. · 

Established in 1976 in the Bhal region of Saurashtra.

CHANDOLI NATIONAL PARK

 Chandoli National Park is a natural World Heritage Site 

• National Park spread over Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli District, MaharashtraEstablished in May 2004.
 Earlier it was a Wildlife Sanctuary declared in 1985.

MARINE NATIONAL PARK 

▪ Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch in the Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat.

 • In 1982 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act, 1972 of India.