There are 537 Wildlife Sanctuaries and 166 National Parks established in India for the conservation of wildlife. Two National Parks namely Kaziranga of Assam and Keoladeo of Rajasthan have been recognised as the world heritage sites. The important, National Parks of India are Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand), Kanha (Madhya Pradesh), Kaziranga (Assam), Bandipur (Karnataka) Palamau (Bihar), Dachigam (Jaramu- Kashmir), Sunderban (West Bengal), Silent Valley (Kerala), Nandar Kanan (Odisha), Keoladeo (Rajasthan), Kaibul Lamjae (Manipur), Annamalai (Tamil Nadu), etc.
