Manas National Park
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How it came to be
Manas in Assam, north-east India, lies in the foothills of the eastern Himalaya on both banks of the Manas River, bordered to the north by the forests of Bhutan. The area belonged to the Kingdom of Bhutan until the Duar War of 1865, when it was ceded to British India.
Before it was protected it was a hunting reserve of the Cooch Behar royal family and the Raja of Gauripur. It became a 391-square-kilometre wildlife sanctuary on 1 October 1928 and was inscribed in 1985. Its threatened animals include the tiger, the greater one-horned rhino, the pygmy hog and the Bengal florican.
In 1992 heavy poaching and armed militant activity put it on the List of World Heritage in Danger. It was taken off the list on 21 June 2011, commended for its conservation work.
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