Today is International Tiger Day and Tiger i.e. Ranthambore... Good news on Global Tiger Day. The tiger population in the country is continuously increasing. The population of tigers has also increased in the Ranthambore National Park of Rajasthan.

Ranthambore National Park is world famous for the presence of tigers. Due to the excellent protection of tigers, the tiger population in Ranthambore is increasing year after year.

At present Ranthambore has a total critical tiger habitat of 1734 sq km. Tigers and other wildlife roam in these areas. At the same time, to increase the habitat of tigers by the forest department, the villages falling under the project area are being shifted.

A look at the history of Ranthambore

Ranthambore National Park was established in 1955 as Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary.

Ranthambore was declared one of the Project Tiger Reserves in 1973.

Ranthambore became a National Park on 1 November 1980.

In 1984, the forests around Ranthambore National Park were declared as Sawai Man Singh Sanctuary and Keladevi Sanctuary.

The Tiger Reserve was expanded in 1991. Under this, Keladevi Sanctuary in the north and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary in the south were included in the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.

What is the area of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve?

Presently the total area of Ranthambore is 1734 sq km.

Ranthambore has a core area of 392 sq km.

Ranthambore has a buffer area of 1342 sq km.

The buffer zone of Ranthambore was declared as Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH) in the year 2008.

Tiger population increased two and a half times in 16 years

In the year 1982, the number of tigers in Ranthambore was 44. In the year 2005, there was a decline in the number of tigers in Ranthambore and the number of tigers came to 26. But in the year 2021, the number of tigers increased to 74. The number of tigers in Rajasthan has now crossed 100.

The number of tigers in Rajasthan is continuously increasing. The tiger population in Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra Tiger Reserves has increased by six members in a year.

Tigress Krishna i.e. T19 in Ranthambore has given birth to 11 cubs so far. Krishna aka T-19 is the daughter of the famous tigress "Machli" of Ranthambore. The most famous tigress of Ranthambore, who lived for about 20 years, was T-16 aka Machli.

The mother of this tigress, Machli First, had a mark like a fish on her forehead. After the death of its mother, it was recognized by its mother's name and became the world famous tigress. The tigress Machli died in 2016. The tigress Machli gave birth to 14 cubs in Ranthambore in her lifetime.

Tigers of Ranthambore

Ranthambore has become synonymous with tiger in Rajasthan. There was a time when the existence of the Royal Bengal Tiger was reduced from western countries to Pakistan. At that time, the mountain ranges of Ranthambore, the confluence of the Aravalli and Vindhyachal mountain ranges in Rajasthan, gave protection to the tigers.

In the year 2005, only 26 tigers were left in Rajasthan, that too only in Ranthambore. In just 16 years, this number of tigers in Rajasthan has once again increased from 26 to more than 100. In which 74 tigers are in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.

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When tigers became extinct everywhere in the state, tigers were sent from Ranthambore to settle in other sanctuaries. 11 tigers of Ranthambore were shifted to Sariska and Mukundara forest area. Today there is no such wildlife sanctuary in the state, which does not have any tiger of Ranthambore.

Tigers of Ranthambore are also present in Dholpur and Karauli districts. Apart from this, the tigers of Ranthambore cross the Chambal River and make their knock through Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh to Datia and on the other side from Agra onwards. Now Ranthambore tigers are also being demanded from Rajsamand and Kumbhalgarh forest areas. If this happens, after Sariska, Ramgarh Vishdhari, Mukandra, the mountains of Kumbhalgarh and Rajsamand will also be populated by the tigers of Ranthambore.

Extension point of the golden triangle

Ranthambore is considered an extension point of the Golden Triangle according to tourism. Tourists coming from abroad visit Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, then they also like to see the nearest Ranthambore from all these three places. Ranthambore alone attracts almost as many foreign tourists as the rest of the country's tiger reserves.