Most Important National Parks list in India

National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas. India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park (in Uttarakhand). 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

STATE/UT	National Park	Established Year
Andaman and Nicobar	Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (previously : Wandur National Park)	1983
Arunachal Pradesh	Namdapha National Park	1983
Assam	Kaziranga National Park	1974
Assam	Manas National Park	1990
Bihar	Valmiki National Park	1989
Chhattisgarh	Indravati National Park	1981
Goa	Mollem National Park	1978
Gujarat	Gir National Park	1965
Gujarat	Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park	1980
Himachal Pradesh	Great Himalayan National Park	1984
Jammu and Kashmir	Dachigam National Park	1981
Jharkhand	Hazaribag National Park	1954
Karnataka	Anshi National Park	1987
Karnataka	Bandipur National Park	1974
Karnataka	Bannerghatta National Park	1974
Karnataka	Kudremukh National Park	1987
Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi National Park (previous name: Nagarhole National Park)	1988
Kerala	Eravikulam National Park	1978
Kerala	Periyar National Park	1982
Kerala	Silent Valley National Park	1984
Madhya Pradesh	Bandhavgarh National Park	1982
Madhya Pradesh	Kanha National Park	1955
Madhya Pradesh	Madhav National Park	1959
Maharashtra	Gugamal National Park	1987
Maharashtra	Navegaon National Park	1975
Rajasthan	Desert National Park	1980
Rajasthan	Ranthambore National Park	1980
Rajasthan	Sariska National Park	1982
Tamil Nadu	Indira Gandhi National Park (prev: Annamalai National Park)	1989
Uttar Pradesh	Dudhwa National Park	1977
Uttarakhand	Corbett National Park	1936
Uttarakhand	Rajaji National Park	1983
West Bengal	Buxa Tiger Reserve	1992
West Bengal	Sundarbans National Park	1984