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Rajaji
national
park is
an
Indian National
park
and
Tiger
reserve that
encompasses
the Shivaliks,
near
the
foothills
of
the Himalayas.
The
park
is
spread
over
820 km2
in
3
districts
of Uttarakhand
(Haridwar, Dehradun &
Pauri
Garhwal)
In
1983,
three
wildlife
sanctuaries
in
the
area
namely, Chilla,
Motichur
and
Rajaji
sanctuaries
were
merged
into
one. The
Ganga
and
Song
rivers
flow
through
the
park.
Rajaji
National
Park
has
been
named
after
C.
Rajagopalachari (Rajaji),
a
prominent
leader
of
the
Freedom
Struggle,
the
second
and
last Governor-General of
independent
India
and
one
of
the
first
recipients
of
India's
highest
civilian
award Bharat
Ratna in
1954.
Final
approval
was
accorded
to
Kudremukh
(Karnataka)
and
Rajaji
(Uttarakhand)
for
declaring
as
a
tiger
reserve
on
15
April
2015. Rajaji
became
the
second
tiger
reserve
in
Uttarakhand.
Rajaji
National
Park
of
India
is
nestled
between
the
Shivalik
ranges
and
the
Indo-Gangetic
plains.
Broadleaved
deciduous
forests,
riverine
vegetation,
scrubland,
grasslands
and
pine
forests
form
the
range
of
flora
in
this
park.
The
dense
jungles
here
are
home
to
vivacious
wildlife.
The
varied
topography
of
the
national
park
is
also
responsible
for
vivid
animal
life
inhibited
here.
Rajaji
National
Park
is
predominantly
formed
from
dense
green
jungles,
and
this
environment
forms
a
habitat
for
a
number
of
animals.
The
park
is
at
the
northwestern
limit
of
distribution
for
both Elephants
&
tigers in
India.
The
park
is
most
renowned
for
its
elephants.
The
mountain
goat,
Gorql is
another
noteworthy
resident.
It
is
mainly
confined
to
the
precipitous
pine-covered
slopes.
Besides
the
huge
pachyderms
and
the
nimble
goats,
you
might
come
across
huge
herds
of chital,
sambhar,
barking
deer,
hog
deer,
neel
gai,
sloth
bears
&
wild
boar also
inhabit
these
forests
though
you
may
not
always
catch
a
glimpse
of
these.
The
rhesus
macaque
and
the
common
langur
are
fairly
common
here. Tigers
&
leopards are
the
prime
predators
in
Rajaji.
The Leopard
cat,
jungle
cat,
civet
and
yellow-throated
marten
are
other
carnivores.
Mammals
like
the
hyena,
jackal
and
the
Bengal
fox
scavenge
in
the
park.
The
Himalayan
black
bear
though
uncommon,
can
be
sighted
in
the
higher
reaches
of
the
park.
Other
wild
animals
found
in
the
park.
Over
315
species
of
birds
are
found
in
the
park,
whereas
the
wider
region
has
over
500
species
of
birds,
including
both
residents
and
migrants. The
most
prominent
avian
species
include
pea
fowl,
vultures,woodpeckers,
pheasants,
kingfishers,
&
barbets,
supplemented
by
a
number
of
migratory
species
during
the
winter
months.
The
park
is
also
home
to
the
Great
pied
Hornbill,
Oriential
Pied
Hornbill,
Pied
Kingfisher,
Crested
Kingfisher,
Spotted
Forktail,
Asian
Paradise
Flycatcher,
Greater
Racket-tailed
Drongo,
Lesser
Racket-tailed
Drongo,
Crimson
Sunbird
and
the
Fire-tailed
Sunbird,
among
hundreds
of
other
rare
and
exotic
species.
This
area
is
the
first
staging
ground
after
the
migratory
birds
cross
over
the
Himalayas
into
the
Indian
subcontinent.
The
rivers
which
flow
through
the
park
harbour
species
of
fish
such
as Trout and Mahseer.