Kaziranga Jungle Safari | Kaziranga National Park | Bagori Renge Forest Kaziranga, Assam

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. KNP has 5 ranges. The park, which hosts two-thirds of the world's Indian rhinoceroses, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to a March 2018 census conducted jointly by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam and some recognized wildlife NGOs, the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,613. It comprises 1,641 adult rhinos and 385 calves.

Location :- [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]] and Nagaon districts, Assam, India
Nearest city :- Golaghat
Coordinates :- 26°40′N 93°21′E
Area :- 1,090 km2 (420 sq mi)
Established :- 1 June 1905; 120 years ago
11 February 1974; 51 years ago (as national park)
Governing body :- Government of Assam
Government of India
Website :- https://kaziranga.nptr.in/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type :- Natural
Criteria :- ix, x
Designated :- 1985 (9th session)
Reference no. :- 337
Region :- Asia
In 2015, the rhino population stood at 2,401. Kaziranga National Park was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species which refers as the birds or types of birds found in a specific region, period, or environment. When compared with other protected areas in India, Kaziranga has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high species diversity and visibility.
Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, criss-crossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, songs, and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest.

**History**
The history of Kaziranga as a protected area can be traced back to 1904, when Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, visited the area. After failing to see a single-horned rhinoceros, for which the area was renowned, she persuaded her husband to take urgent measures to protect the dwindling species which he did by initiating planning for their protection. On 1 June 1905, the Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest was created with an area of 232 km2 (90 sq mi).
Over the next three years, the park area was extended by 152 km2 (59 sq mi), to the banks of the Brahmaputra River. In 1908, Kaziranga was designated a "Reserve Forest".
In 1916, it was redesignated the "Kaziranga Game Sanctuary" and remained so till 1938, when hunting was prohibited and visitors were permitted to enter the park. In 1934 Kaziranga was changed to Kaziranha. A few people call it by its original name till today.
The Kaziranga Game Sanctuary was renamed the "Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary" in 1950 by P. D. Stracey, the forest conservationist, in order to rid the name of hunting connotations.

**External links**
• Official website of Kaziranga Archived 19 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine

• "Kaziranga Centenary 1905–2005". Archived from the original on 14 February 2008.

• "World Conservation Monitoring Centre". Archived from the original on 22 March 2007.

• Department of Environment and Forests (Government of Assam)–Kaziranga

• Chaity- A legend of Human-Animal bondage by Abhishek Chakraborty

• Best things to do in Kaziranga National Park

• Rhino census in India's Kaziranga park counts 12 more

• Plum-headed parakeet
• Green-headed barbet
• Orange-headed thrush
• Brown-headed barbet
• Coppersmith barbet
• Common myna
• Alexandrine parakeet
• Indian grey hornbill
• Rock pigeon
• House crow
• Carrion crow
• Little egret
• Cattle egret
• Great egret
• Black drongo
• Pond heron
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