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Manas National Park is a national park, Project Tiger reserve, and an elephant reserve in Assam, India. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it borders the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog. It also hosts the only known population of pygmy hogs in the world Manas is also famous for its population of the wild water buffalo Because of its exceptional biodiversity, scenery, and variety of habitats, Manas National Park is a biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The area today consisting of the Manas National Park was under the Kingdom of Bhutan till the Duar War of 1865 when it was ceded to British India.
The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a sanctuary on 1 October 1928 with an area of 391 km2 (151 sq mi). Prior to the declaration of the sanctuary, the area had two reserve forests, called Manas Reserve Forest and North Kamrup Reserve Forest It was used by the Cooch Behar royal family and Raja of Gauripur as a hunting reserve.[citation needed] It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1985 by UNESCO.Manas Biosphere Reserve was declared in 1989. Kahitama R.F., Kokilabari R.F., and Panbari R.F. were added in the year 1990 to form Manas National Park.In 1992, UNESCO declared it as a world heritage site in danger[due to heavy poaching and terrorist activities.[citation needed] On 25 February 2008, the area was increased to 500 km2 (190 sq mi).[citation needed] On 21 June 2011, it was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger and was commended for its efforts in preservation
