One of the significant travel attractions in India, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary possesses finest storks and various other kinds of birds imaginable. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary (Keoladeo Ghana National Park) is a reserve that offers protection to faunal species as well. Nesting indigenous water, birds as well as migratory water birds and waterside birds, this sanctuary is also inhabited by Sambhar, Chital, Nilgai and Boar.
It is perhaps the only case where the habitat has been created by a maharaja. In earlier times, Bharatpur town used to be flooded regularly every monsoon. In 1760, an earthen dam (Ajan Dam) was constructed, to save the town, from this annual vagary of nature. The depression created by extraction of soil for the dam was cleared and this became the Bharatpur Lake.
Chital - Wildlife in Bharatpur Wildlife SanctuaryAt the beginning of this century, this lake was developed, and was divided into several portions. A system of small dams, dykes, sluice gates, etc., was created to control water level in different sections. This became the hunting preserve of the Bharatpur royalty, and one of the best duck - shooting wetlands in the world. Hunting was prohibited by mid-60s. The area was declared a national park on 10 March 1982, and accepted as a World Heritage Site in December 1985.
Sources:
1.http://www.flickr.com/photos/singharoundtheworld/3063470974/
2.http://www.india-wildlife.com/bharatpur-bird-sanctuary.html
