Assam

Kaziranga

Red River Retreat

Haldhibari Burhimai Mandir

namghor

Kaziranga Western Range (Elephant Safari Point)

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History at a glance

Before 1904
The one-horned rhino population in Assam falls sharply through hunting and habitat loss.
1904
Mary Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, visits the area to see a one-horned rhinoceros and does not find one. She presses her husband to act.
1 June 1905
The Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest is constituted.
1908
Designated a Reserve Forest.
1916
Declared a Game Sanctuary.
1950
Becomes a Wildlife Sanctuary.
11 February 1974
Declared a National Park under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
1985
Inscribed by UNESCO at the 9th session under natural criteria (ix) and (x), reference 337.
2006
Declared a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger, bringing it under the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
2022
The rhino census records 2,613 animals — the highest count ever, and roughly two-thirds of the world's wild population.

Best time to visit

November to March — curated for this destination

Coming up nationwide

In 4 daysGandhi Jayanti · 2 October
In 21 daysDurga Ashtami / Maha Navami · 19 October
In 22 daysDussehra (Vijayadashami) · 20 October
In 31 daysKarwa Chauth · 29 October

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