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	[[File:Reserve Forest PGR6.JPG\|thumb\|upright=0.90\|right\|South-Eastern side of Vandalur Hill]]		[[File:Reserve Forest PGR6.JPG\|thumb\|upright=0.90\|right\|South-Eastern side of Vandalur Hill]]

	'''Vandalur Reserve Forest''' is a protected area located in the suburb of [[Vandalur]] in the southwestern part of [[Chennai]], about 30 km from the city centre. It is bordered by the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road in the west and Suddhanandha Bharathi Street on the northern and the eastern sides, and is intersected by the Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road on the southern side. The reserve forest contains [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]], the largest [[zoological garden]] in the [[Indian ~~Subcontinent~~]].		'''Vandalur Reserve Forest''' is a protected area located in the suburb of [[Vandalur]] to the southwestern part of [[Chennai]], about 30 km from the city centre. It is bordered by the [[Grand Southern Trunk Road\|Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road]] in the west and Suddhanandha Bharathi Street on the northern and the eastern sides and is intersected by the Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road on the southern side. The reserve forest contains [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]], the largest [[zoological garden]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]].

	==History==		==History==

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[[File:Reserve Forest PGR6.JPG|thumb|upright=0.90|right|South-Eastern side of Vandalur Hill]]

'''Vandalur Reserve Forest''' is a protected area located in the suburb of [[Vandalur]] in the southwestern part of [[Chennai]], about 30 km from the city centre. It is bordered by the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road in the west and Suddhanandha Bharathi Street on the northern and the eastern sides, and is intersected by the Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road on the southern side. The reserve forest contains [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]], the largest [[zoological garden]] in the [[Indian Subcontinent]].

==History==
In 1976, a portion of the reserve forest covering {{Convert|1265|acre}} was demarcated by the [[Tamil Nadu Forest Department]] as the new location for the Madras Zoo, initially located in [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]].<ref name="behindindia">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.behindindia.com/india-news-stories/aug-10-02/vandalur-16-08-10.html
|title = Vandalur zoo gets ready to celebrate
|work = behindindia.com
|publisher = Behind India
|date = 16 August 2010
|access-date = 18 Jul 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322084046/http://www.behindindia.com/india-news-stories/aug-10-02/vandalur-16-08-10.html
|archive-date = 22 March 2012
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> Work started in 1979 at an initial cost of {{INR}} 75 million, and the zoo was opened to public on 24 July 1985 as the Arignar Anna Zoological Park. In 2001, another {{Convert|92.45|ha}} of land from the reserve forest, located adjacent to the zoo, was augmented with the zoo to build a rescue and rehabilitation center for confiscated and abandoned wild animals, increasing the zoo's size to {{Convert|602|ha}}.

==See also==
* [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]]
* [[Nanmangalam Reserve Forest]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Geography of Chennai]]
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[[Category:Reserved forests of India]]
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