Pride Of Assam : The Kaziranga
KAZIRANG NATIONAL PARK The history of Kaziranga National Park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam , India , can be traced back to the beginning of the twentieth century, in 1904. It now is a World Heritage Site and hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses, tigers, and many other endangered animals. The park formally became a Reserve Forest in 1908, a game sanctuary in 1916, and it was closed officially for shooting in 1926. Kaziranga was thrown open to visitors in 1938. After the independence of India , Kaziranga was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1950 and UNESCO declared Kaziranga a World Heritage Site in 1985and the park has the world's single largest breeding population of Indian rhinoceros , with the 2006 census estimating the present population to be around 1,855, around 70% of the world's total wild populati...