Day: December 30, 2007

  • This One is for the Birds

    This One is for the Birds

    The Guide at Bharatpur

    1938 – A shooting party headed by the then Viceroy of India shot a maximum of 4,273 birds on 12th November.
    1965 – The last leopard was shot with a gun
    1967 – Keoladeo Ghana declared a reserved forest
    1981 – Keoladeo upgraded to the status of a National Park
    Situated 176 Kms away from Delhi, KEOLADEO GHANA NATIONAL PARK has about 400 species of birds. (more…)