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
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STATE/UT
|
National Park
|
Established Year
|
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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
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