Question of The Day28-06-2023
Which National Park among the following is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region?
Answer
Correct Answer : b ) Namdapha National Park
Explanation :Namdapha National Park is a 1,985 km2 protected area in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. It is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas with over 1,000 floral and about 1,400 animal species.
It is the fourth-largest national park in India. It is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region.
Originally, in 1972, Namdapha was declared a wildlife sanctuary, then declared a national park in 1983 and became a tiger reserve in the same year under the Project Tiger scheme.
Hence, (b) is the correct answer.
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