Best of India with the Tiger

The Project Tiger was established with an initiative of the Government of India under the leadership of the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the year 1972. The idea was to save the alarmingly dwindling population of Panthera tigris or the tiger by establishing special reserves that offer a large enough natural habitat for the tiger and other wild life animals. Most of the national parks that come under the Project Tiger have a core area that is usually left undisturbed and a buffer zone that offers ample opportunities for wildlife safaris.The first national park that was declared as a part of the Project Tiger was the Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal, India during the year 1973. The main objectives of the ambitious project tiger were to create and maintain natural habitats that can effectively help to rehabilitate and conserve wildlife in India and to maintain a viable tiger population for scientific, ecological aesthetic and cultural values.Initially there were 8 national parks that were declared as an integral part of the Project Tiger though today there are quite a few national parks in India that have been given the status of a Project tiger reserve.