কাজিৰঙা বৰ ধুনীয়া, একোৰে নাই তুলনা
Kaziranga ( কাজিৰঙা) National Park is a World Heritage Site in Golaghat and Nagaon District of Assam. This place is famous for hosting a huge number of wildlife animals and birds but its mostly famous for The Great One Horned Rhinocerose. About two third of the worlds One Horned Rhinos lives in Kaziranga. According to some reports by Forest Department population of this rhinos are about 2400 in 2018.
Tigers are also found here in huge numbers along with large populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species declared it as an Important Bird Area. We should be proud that when it is compared with other national parks of India and even internationaly it has remarkably achieved great success in conserving the wildlife.
In 1905 when Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston came here to see the one horned rhino and but couldn't spot even a single one. She immediately convinced her husband to take measures to protect the species of rhino which he did by initiating planning for their protection. On 1 June 1905, with an area of 232 square km the Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest was founded.
Only after three years the park's area was extended by 152 square km upto the banks of the Brahmaputra River. In 1908, Kaziranga was designated a "Reserve Forest and after eight years it was again redesignated as the Kaziranga Game Sanctuary till 1938, when visitors are allowed to enter the park and hunting was strictly prohibited.
The Kaziranga Game Sanctuary was renamed in 1950 as Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary by P. D. Stracey, the forest conservationist. In 1954, the Assam Government passed the Assam (Rhinoceros) Bill, which imposed heavy penalties for rhinoceros poaching. After fourteen years, in 1968, the Assam government passed the Assam National Park Act of 1968, declaring Kaziranga a designated national park. In February 1974, the 430 square km park was given official status by the central government. But the greatest achievement was yet to come when in 1985, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
There have been many claims and theories about how the place got the Name Kaziranga. According to local legend, a once a girl named Rawnga, from a nearby village, and a young man named Kazi, from Karbi Anglong, fell in love with each other madly. But thier families were not ready to accept this and opposed them. So after unable to convince their communities couple disappeared into the forest and never seen again, and the forest was named after them. This is not proven but many believe this one is the story behind the name.
Summer, monsoon, and winter are the three seasons in the Park. The winter season, between November and February, is mostly mild and dry.
The summer season between March and May is hot, with temperatures rising high animals usually are found near water channels and rivers. The monsoon season usually starts here from June and lasts till September, and during the time the park experiences huge annual rainfall through out the season. It was found that 70% of the National Park is flooded almost every year for the rainfall and overflow of the river Brahmaputra. This causes most animals to migrate to other regions and remote areas until the flood is over.
Kaziranga is the home of significant breeding populations of 35 mammalian species. Apart from the Greater One-Horned Rhino it contains wild Asiatic water buffalo and eastern swamp deer. A very large population of herbivores include elephants and small herbivores include the Indian muntjac, wild boar, and hog deer.Kaziranga has the largest population of the Wild water buffalo anywhere,Royal Bengal Tiger, Asian elephant and swamp deer.
Big cats like Bengal Tiger and Leopards,Jungle cat, Fishing cat are found here in great number. Small mammals include the rare hispid hare, Indian gray mongoose, small Indian mongooses, large Indian civet, small Indian civets, Bengal fox, golden jackal, sloth bear, Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolins, hog badger, Chinese ferret badgers, and particoloured flying squirrel. Prominent among them are the Assamese macaque, capped and golden langur, as well as the only ape found in India, the hoolock gibbon. Kaziranga's rivers are also home to the endangered Ganges dolphin.
These are the names of very few animals found in Kaziranga,about 2%. It is a home to so many different species aquatic animals,reptiles,birds, apes, so many more. Some of them are endangered and very rare.
So I guess the famous assamese bihu song Kaziranga bor dhunia ekure nai tulona(Kaziranga is very beautiful and it can't be compared with anything) is indeed true. I cannot write about everything in it because it is a very beautiful place to visit which attracts tourists from all the states of India and foreign tourists from every corner of the world every year. And is one of the main tourist attraction of Assam.
Tigers are also found here in huge numbers along with large populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species declared it as an Important Bird Area. We should be proud that when it is compared with other national parks of India and even internationaly it has remarkably achieved great success in conserving the wildlife.
In 1905 when Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston came here to see the one horned rhino and but couldn't spot even a single one. She immediately convinced her husband to take measures to protect the species of rhino which he did by initiating planning for their protection. On 1 June 1905, with an area of 232 square km the Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest was founded.
Only after three years the park's area was extended by 152 square km upto the banks of the Brahmaputra River. In 1908, Kaziranga was designated a "Reserve Forest and after eight years it was again redesignated as the Kaziranga Game Sanctuary till 1938, when visitors are allowed to enter the park and hunting was strictly prohibited.
The Kaziranga Game Sanctuary was renamed in 1950 as Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary by P. D. Stracey, the forest conservationist. In 1954, the Assam Government passed the Assam (Rhinoceros) Bill, which imposed heavy penalties for rhinoceros poaching. After fourteen years, in 1968, the Assam government passed the Assam National Park Act of 1968, declaring Kaziranga a designated national park. In February 1974, the 430 square km park was given official status by the central government. But the greatest achievement was yet to come when in 1985, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
There have been many claims and theories about how the place got the Name Kaziranga. According to local legend, a once a girl named Rawnga, from a nearby village, and a young man named Kazi, from Karbi Anglong, fell in love with each other madly. But thier families were not ready to accept this and opposed them. So after unable to convince their communities couple disappeared into the forest and never seen again, and the forest was named after them. This is not proven but many believe this one is the story behind the name.
Summer, monsoon, and winter are the three seasons in the Park. The winter season, between November and February, is mostly mild and dry.
The summer season between March and May is hot, with temperatures rising high animals usually are found near water channels and rivers. The monsoon season usually starts here from June and lasts till September, and during the time the park experiences huge annual rainfall through out the season. It was found that 70% of the National Park is flooded almost every year for the rainfall and overflow of the river Brahmaputra. This causes most animals to migrate to other regions and remote areas until the flood is over.
Kaziranga is the home of significant breeding populations of 35 mammalian species. Apart from the Greater One-Horned Rhino it contains wild Asiatic water buffalo and eastern swamp deer. A very large population of herbivores include elephants and small herbivores include the Indian muntjac, wild boar, and hog deer.Kaziranga has the largest population of the Wild water buffalo anywhere,Royal Bengal Tiger, Asian elephant and swamp deer.
Big cats like Bengal Tiger and Leopards,Jungle cat, Fishing cat are found here in great number. Small mammals include the rare hispid hare, Indian gray mongoose, small Indian mongooses, large Indian civet, small Indian civets, Bengal fox, golden jackal, sloth bear, Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolins, hog badger, Chinese ferret badgers, and particoloured flying squirrel. Prominent among them are the Assamese macaque, capped and golden langur, as well as the only ape found in India, the hoolock gibbon. Kaziranga's rivers are also home to the endangered Ganges dolphin.
These are the names of very few animals found in Kaziranga,about 2%. It is a home to so many different species aquatic animals,reptiles,birds, apes, so many more. Some of them are endangered and very rare.
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