Which national park inspired Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book?

The Jungle Book is an unforgettable classic. Kids around the world love Mowgli and his friends. Kanha in Madhya Pradesh is the land of Jungle Book.

Kanha National Park is famous for its open grassy meadows and the wide diversity of wildlife it holds. It is globally famous for saving the barasingha. Years ago, the barasingha was faced with the threat of extinction. Desperate measures taken by the authorities including the fencing-off of some animals helped save them.

The wildlife attractions of the Park include bison, gaur, sambhar, chital, barking deer, black deer, black buck, chousingha and jungle cat. Kanha also shelters a huge population of birds such as storks, teals, pintails, pond herons, egrets, peacocks, jungle fowl, spur fowl, partridges, quails, ring doves, spotted parakeets, green pigeons, rock pigeons, cuckoos and papihas.

 

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