Guindy National Park
2 events, 1972 to 1978.
1972
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.
1978
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.
