SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Question
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In which year it was renamed as the Corbett National park?
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1890
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1980
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1957
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none of above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1956, nearly a decade after India’s independence, it was renamed Corbett National Park after the hunter and naturalist Jim Corbett, who had played a leading role in its establishment and had died the year before. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
Detailed explanation-2: -As part of its drive to protect wildlife, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to upgrade Amangarh tiger reserve, located adjacent to the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, and name it as ‘New Jim Corbett’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jim Corbett National Park was the first national park to be set up in India in 1936.
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