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On this day in 1973 Project Tiger was launched in India. To bring back a charismatic species from verge of extinction, to protect habitat & garner support for conservation.

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This pic by Sidharth Singh is what brings smile. A family.
Shri Kailash Sankhala (IFS 1953, CWLW Rajasthan) was given charge to spearhead the project. Which he brilliantly did. Later Sankhala was awarded with Padma Shri & other many awards for his work in field of conservation. Today there are 50 tiger reserves in India.
Today about 80% of wild tigers in world are in India. They are protected by conserving the habitat. In return the habitats provide immense ecological services to country from oxygen to water. We have tigers in dry lands of Rajasthan to Himalayas. From High forests to cold areas.
In all these years the project is paying the dividend. All for joint efforts of local communities, researchers, NGOs, writers & photographers and so on. Among them the most important role played by thousands of front line staff who toiled day and night for conservation.
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