When did Kanha National park come into existence?
What attracts the tourists there?
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Answer:
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two protected areas, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 (97 and 116 sq mi), respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and was designated a tiger reserve in 1973. Today, it encompasses an area of 940 km2 (360 sq mi) in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat.
Kanha Tiger Reserve
IUCN category II (national park)
Tiger Kanha National Park.jpg
Tiger in Kanha Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Kanha Tiger ReserveMap showing the location of Kanha Tiger
Location
Madhya Pradesh, India
Nearest city
Mandla
Coordinates
22°20′N 80°38′E
Area
940 km2 (360 sq mi)
Created
1933 (as Wildlife Sanctuary); National Park in 1955; Tiger Reserve in 1974
Visitors
1,000 (in 1989)
Governing body
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department
Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km2 (412 sq mi) and the neighbouring 110 km2 (42 sq mi) Phen Sanctuary, it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve, which is one of the biggest in the country.[1][2] This makes it the largest national park in central India.
The park hosts Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, barasingha and dhole. The forest depicted in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is based on jungles including this reserve.[3] It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.[4]