National Parks of India

National Parks of India are protected areas for conservation purposes of wild nature. The national parks come under the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) in category II type of protected areas. Jim Corbett national park is the first national park in India

National parks of India State wise list :

National park in Jammu & Kashmir:

Kashmiri Stag

                                

Sr No.	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Dachigam national park	1981.	Kashmir Stag (Hangul)
2	Salim Ali national park	1992	Musk deer, black bear snow leopard
3	Kishtwar national park	1981	Himalayan Snowcock Himalayan brown bear

National park in Himachal Pradesh:

Blue Sheep 

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Great Himalayan National Park	1984	Blue Sheep, Snow leopard
2	Pin Valley National Park	1987	Himalayan Snowcock
3	Khirganga National Park	2010	Wilds bears
4	Inderkilla National Park	2010	Bengal tigers
5	Simbalbara National Park	2010	Goral, Sambhar

• The Great Himalayan National Park comes under the UNESCO world heritage.
•  The GHNP is a point where two major faunal regions meet such as oriental to the south and Palaearctic to the north.

National Park in Uttrakhand:

Bengal Tiger

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Jim Corbett National Park	1936	Bengal tiger, Asian elephants
2	Nanda Devi National Park	1982	Musk deer, Mainland serow
3	Valley of Flowers  National Park	1988	Blue Sheep, Snow leopard
4	Rajaji National Park	1983	Bengal tiger, Asian elephants
5	Gangotri National Park	1989	Snow Leopard
6	Govind Pashu Vihar National Park	1955	Snow leopards

• Jim Corbett National Park is the first national park in India and Asia. 
• Valley of Flowers National Park comes under the UNESCO world heritage and it is famous for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers.
•  Nanda Devi National Park comes under the UNESCO world heritage with Valley of Flowers National Park. 
• Gangotri National Park and Govind Pashu Vihar National Park is the home of Snow Leopard.

National Park in Haryana:

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Kalesar National Park	2003	Panthers
2	Sultanpur National Park	1989	Migratory birds

National Park in Rajasthan:

Great Indian Bustard

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Sariska National Park	1955	Bengal Tigers
2	Desert National Park	1980	Great Indian Bustard
3	Keoladeo National Park	1981	Migratory Birds
4	Mukunda  Hills National Park	2006	Gagroni Parrot(Talking Parrot)
5	Ranthambore National Park	1981	Bengal Tigers

• Sariska National Park is the first in the world where Tigers were successfully relocated. Keoladeo National Park comes under the UNESCO world heritage and formerly known as Bharatpur Bird sanctuary.
• Ranthambore Hill fort include in the UNESCO world heritage which located inside the Ranthambore National Park.

National Park in Uttar Pradesh:

Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Dudhwa National Park	1977	Bengal Tiger

1.  Swamp Deer in Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh is the home of half population of Barasingha which has 12 antlers.

National Park in Madhya Pradesh:

Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Bandhavgarh National Park	1968	Bengal Tiger
2	Panna National Park	1981	Bengal Tigers
3	Pench National Park	1977	Bengal Tigers
Highest No. of Tigers in India
4	Sanjay National Park	1981	Bengal Tigers
5	Satpura National Park	1981	Leopards
6	Van Vihar National Park	1983	Bengal tiger, Indian wolf
7	Kanha National Park	1955	Bengal Tigers
8	Kuno National Park	2018	Leopard
9	Madhav National Park	1959	Bengal tigers
10	Mandla Plant Fossil National Park	1983	Fossils during the Jurassic period

National Park in Gujarat:

Asiatic lion 

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Black Buck National Park	1976	Black Buck
2	Gir National Park	1975	Asiatic lion
Gir National Park  in Gujarat is only Home for Asiatic Lion in India and World
3	Marine National Park	1980	Coral reefs
4	Vansda National Park	1979	Leopards

National Park in Maharashtra:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Chandoli National Park	2004	Bengal tigers
2	Gugamal National Park	1987	Sambar & Bengal Tigers
3	Navegaon National Park	1975	Birds Species, Bengal Tigers
4	Sanjay Gandhi National Park	1969	Indian Leopards & Rhesus Macaque
5	Tadoba National Park	1955	Bengal tigers

National Park in Assam:

One Horned Rhinoceros 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Dibru-Saikhowa National Park	1999	White-winged wood duck
2	Nameri National Park	1978	Asiatic elephants
3	Orang National Park	1999	One-horned Rhinoceros
4	Manas National Park	1990	Assam Roofed turtle, Bengal tigers, one-horned Rhinoceros
5	Kaziranga National Park	1974	Bengal Tigers, One-horned Rhinoceros
Kaziranga National Park  is the highest tiger density in the world & has a two-third number of One Horned Rhinoceros in the world. It comes under UNESCO's world heritage.

National Park in Kerala:

Nilgiri Thar

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Anamalai National Park	2003	Elephants
2	Eravikulam National Park	1978	Nilgiri Thar(largest Population in India)
Eravikulam National Park has a Shrub which is known as “Neelakurinji” and its blue flowers give a blue colour to the mountains so it called “Blue Mountain”
3	Mathikettan shola national Park	2003	Asiatic Elephants
4	Pambadum Shola National Park	2003	Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Nilgiri Langur
5	Periyar National Park	1982	Asiatic Elephants, Bengal Tigers
6	Silent Valley National Park	1980	Indian Bison & Flying Squirrel

National Park in Andhra Pradesh:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Papikonda National Park	2008	Bengal Tigers
2	Rajiv Gandhi National Park	2005	Birds Species
3	Sri Venkateswara	1989	Sloth bears

National Park in Karnataka:

Great Hornbill 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Anshi National Park	1987	Great Hornbill, Bengal Tigers
2	Bandipur National Park	1974	Bengal tigers
3	Bannerghatta National Park	1974	Elephants, Butterfly species
4	Kudermukh National Park	1987	Bengal tigers
5	Nagarhole National Park	1988	Bengal tigers, Black Panther

National Park in Tamilnadu:

Dugong 

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Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Guindy National Park	1976	Black Buck
2	Gulf of Mannar	1980	Dugong
3	Indira Gandhi National Park	1976	Bengal Tigers
4	Mudumalai National Park	1940	Bengal Tigers
5	Mukurthi National Park	2001	Nilgiri Thar

National Park in West Bengal:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Gorumara National Park	1994	One-Horned Indian Rhino
2	Jaldapara National Park	2012	One-Horned Indian Rhino
3	Neora Valley National Park	1986	Red Panda
4	Sundarbans National Park	1984	Bengal Tigers
5	Singalila National Park	1986	Barking deers

National Park in Chhattisgarh:

Sr No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Guru Ghasidas National Park	1981	Bengal Tigers
2	Indravati National Park	1981	Wild Buffalo
3	Kangar Gahti National Park	1982	Bengal Tigers

National Park in Andaman & Nicobar:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Campbell National Park	1992	The Megapode
2	Galathea National Park	1992	Gaint robber crab
3	Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park	1983	Coral reef
4	Middle Button Island National Park	1987	Coral reef & Dugongs
5	Mount Harriet National Park	1987	Birds species
6	North Button Island National Park	1979	Coral reef & Birds species
7	Rani Jhansi National Park	1996	Coral reef & Birds species
8	Saddle Peak National Park	1979	Saltwater crocodiles
9	South Button Island National Park	1987	Coral reef & Dugongs

National Park in Jharkhand:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Betla National Park	1986	Indian Bison

National Park in Orissa:

Saltwater crocodile 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Bhitarkanika National Park	1988	Saltwater crocodile
2	Simlipal National Park	1980	Bengal Tigers

National Park in Tripura:

Indian Bison 

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Bison National Park	2007	Indian Gaur (Bison)
2	Clouded leopard National Park	2003	Clouded Snow Leopard

National Park in Meghalaya:

Red Panda 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Balphakram National Park	1986	Red Panda, Wild Water Buffaloes
2	Nokrek National Park	1986	Red Panda, Elephants
Nokrek National Park is a UNESCO World heritage in India

National Park in Manipur:

Sangai deer 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Sirohi National Park	1982	Tigers
2	Keibul Lamjao National Park	1977	Sangai Deer (Dancing Deer)
It is the only floating national park in the world in Loktak lake.

National Park in Sikkim

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Khangchanendzonga National Park	2004	Snow Leopard
It comes under the UNESCO heritage site in the mixed culture category only one in India in this category.

National Park in Arunachal Pradesh:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Mouling National Park	1986	Snow leopards
2.	Namdapha National Park	1974	Leopards, Bear

National Park in Mizoram:

Mrs. Hume Pheasant 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Mullen National Park	1991	Leopards, Bear
2	Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park	1992	Mrs. Hume Pheasant(Bird)

National Park in Nagaland:

Hoolock Gibbon 

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Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Ntangki National Park	1993	Hoolock Gibbon & Golden Langur

National Park in Goa:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Mollen National Park	1978	Black Leopards

National Park in Bihar:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Valmiki National Park	1976	Bengal Tigers

National Park in Telangana:

Sr. No	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Mrugavani National Park	1994	Spotted deers
2	Mahavira Harina Vanasthali National Park	1994	Deers

National Park in Ladakh:

Snow leopard 

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Sr. No.	National Park	Notify year	Fauna
1	Hemis National Park	1981	Snow Leopards (The highest number in the world)
Hemis National Park is the largest national park in India.

There are six natinoal parks of India in world heritage list of UNESCO.

1. Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

2. Manas National Park in Assam.

3. Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan

4. Nanda devi and Valley of flower national park in Uttarakhand

5. Sundarbans National Park o in West Bengal

6. Khangchanendzonga National Park in Sikkkim.