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'''Salim Ali National Park''' or '''City Forest National Park''' was a [[national park]] located in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It covered an area of 9.07&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=ejk>{{cite web|title=Jammu and Kashmir National Parks|url=http://www.ejammukashmir.com/national_parks.php|access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref> Notified in 1986, the name of the park commemorated the Indian ornithologist [[Salim Ali (ornithologist)|Salim Ali]].<ref name="expIndia">{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Vikram|date=15 September 1998|title=J&K Govt slashes its way through national park for golf course|work=indianexpress.com|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/jk-govt-slashes-its-way-through-national-park-for-golf-course/}}</ref><ref name=majid>{{cite book|last=Husain|first=Majid|title=Understanding: Geographical: Map Entries: for Civil Services Examinations: Second Edition|publisher=[[Tata McGraw-Hill]]|isbn=9780070702882|page=4}}</ref> The park was converted into the [[Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar]] between 1998 and 2001 by [[Farooq Abdullah]], the then [[Chief Minister]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref name=expIndia/><ref>{{cite news|last=Raina|first=Muzaffar|title=LoC home for vanishing goats|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080309/jsp/nation/story_8998294.jsp|access-date=7 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|date=9 March 2008}}</ref><br />
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His interest in Golf is very well known and encouraged him for the Golf course project next to Ecologically fragile Dal Lake. <br />
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The park featured a wildlife species such as the [[Kashmiri stag|hangul]], [[musk deer]], [[Himalayan black bear]], [[leopard]], [[Himalayan serow]] and 70 species of birds, including the [[paradise flycatcher]], [[Himalayan monal]], and [[Himalayan snowcock]].<ref name=ejk/><ref name=expIndia/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:National parks in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Memorials to Salim Ali]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1986]]<br />
[[Category:1986 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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