Mukundara Hills National Park


Darrah National Park in Rajasthan, India is a national park established in 2004 consisting of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary, and Jawahar Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. It is located within the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests' ecoregion.

History

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.
The current name of the national park is Mukandara Hills National Park.
The location of the national park is Kota and Jhalawar in Rajasthan.The national park is famous for the talking parrot,Abili Meeni's palace, cranes and gharial.

Asiatic lion Reintroduction Project

Like Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary, Mukandara hills national park was one of the places which were considered for the reintroduction of the Asiatic lion. The lion used to occur in Rajasthan, but is now confined to Gujarat, in and around Gir Forest National Park.
This national park is spread over in 278 km square.