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Option 3 : A and D only
Option 3 is the correct answer: Statements A and D only, are correct about the Kaziranga National Park.
- The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam was declared as a reserved forest in 1905 by Lord Curzon.
- It was declared as a national park in the year 1968 by the state government, and in 1974 it was officially designated as a national park by the central government.
- The national park was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
- Diphlu and Dhansiri Rivers cross KNP and the river Brahmaputra forms its boundary in the north.
- National Highway 37 also passes through the KNP.
- The KNP is home to around 2/3rd one-horned rhinoceros population of the whole world.
- Other than Rhino, animals like tigers, elephants, swamp deers, wild water buffalos are also found here.
- It has also been recognised as an important area by Birdlife International and a variety of geese, storks and ducks are found here.
- KNP was bifurcated in 2018 into the following units:
- Eastern Assam Unit: Kaziranga (Kohora), Eastern Range Agratoli, Western Range Bagori, Burapahar Range and Northern Range, Biswanath.
- Biswanath Wildlife division.
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