Rajaji National Park in India

Rajaji National Park
Type	wild

Owner
Founded	1983
Place	Haridwar
State	Uttarakhand
Country	India
Website	Website

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History of updates	2020-10-16

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Rajaji National Park, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India , was founded in 1983.

Comments / picturesIn 1983, three wildlife sanctuaries in the area namely, Chilla, Motichur and Rajaji sanctuaries were merged into one, Rajaji National Park, named after independent Indias second governor-general, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972).

Final approval was accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka) and Rajaji (Uttarakhand) for declaring as a tiger reserve in 15th April, 2015.[3] Rajaji Tiger Reserve became the second tiger reserve in Uttarakhand.

Theres several elephants camp within the park, like Camp King Elephant camp and Chilla Elephant camp

2012: In 2012, there were 1,559 elephants in Uttarakhand.

2017: elephant population rose to 1,839 by 2017.

2020: In June, according to the elephant census, the numbers of the elephants in the state had reached 2,026.

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Koehl, Dan (2024). Rajaji National Park, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1799. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Rajaji National Park on elephant-news.com

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2016-11-26	Elephant safari to resume in rajaji reserve after 9 yrs - Elephant News
	Ngt stays construction of wall inside rajaji park - Elephant News
2012-02-14	Conflict elephant rescued from death sentence. authorities ordered tusker be put to sleep - Elephant News
	Jumbo population shrinks in state - Elephant News
2009-09-05	Elephants dying at an electric pace - Elephant News
2020-10-01	Uttarakhand forest department to radio collar wild animals for study - Elephant News

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