Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary notified

Related events

1. 1967

   1. 1967Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird SanctuaryEnvironment

      Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary created

      To shelter blackbuck and vast flocks of waterbirds, a sanctuary was established at Point Calimere on the Palk Strait.

2. 1972

   1. 1972Guindy National ParkEnvironment

      Madras Snake Park moves to Guindy

      On land leased from the Forest Department in Guindy, herpetologist Romulus Whitaker established an enlarged snake park, run by a trust he set up.

3. 1976

   1. 26 Aug 1976Madras Crocodile Bank TrustEnvironment

      Madras Crocodile Bank founded

      The Madras Crocodile Bank was founded on the East Coast Road by Romulus Whitaker, Zai Whitaker and others to protect India's crocodile species.

      

4. 1978

   1. 1978Guindy National ParkEnvironment

      Guindy declared a national park

      What was left of the forest on the old Guindy estate in Chennai was made a national park, among the smallest in India and one of only a few within a city.

      

5. 1986

   1. Sep 1986Nilgiris districtEnvironment

      Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve established, India's first

      India's first biosphere reserve was created from the Nilgiri hills and nearby forests, stretching across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

      

6. 1988

   1. 1988KalakkadEnvironment

      Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve created

      A tiger reserve was formed in the southern Western Ghats by joining the Kalakkad and Mundanthurai wildlife sanctuaries.