NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Darrah National Park

Darrah National Park in Rajasthan, India is a national park established in 2004 comprising of three wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan - Darrah WLS, Chambal WLS and Jaswant Sagar WLS. The national park contains large tracts of forests formerly part of the Maharaja of Kota's hunting grounds. The park was embroiled in a political controversy over its nomenclature, when the Bharatiya Janata Party state government revoked the decision that it be called the Rajiv Gandhi National Park. ^[1] RÄjasthÄn (DevanÄgarÄ«: à¤°à¤¾à¤œà¤¸à¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨, IPA: ) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kota can refer to: The Indonesian word for city. ... The BhÄratÄ«ya JanatÄ Party (BJP) (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ...

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