As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to be in attendance in Mysuru on April 9 to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger, the attention to the big cats Indias national animal calls for a broader understanding of their numbers, .
On April 1, 1973, the Government of India under then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had launched the ambitious Project Tiger from the Jim Corbett National Park, now in Uttarakhand, after it legislated the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.Proj
Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi launched 'Project Tiger on April 1, 1973, at Bandipur to protect the big cats and promote their conservation in India. Since then, the project has helped in increasing their population and strengthening .