Salim Ali National Park

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Salim Ali National Park or City Forest National Park was a national park located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It covered an area of 9.07 km².^[1] Notified in 1986, the name of the park commemorated the Indian ornithologist Salim Ali.^[2]^[3] The park was converted into the Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar between 1998 and 2001 by Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.^[2]^[4]

His interest in Golf is very well known and encouraged him for the Golf course project next to Ecologically fragile Dal Lake.

The park featured a wildlife species such as the hangul, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, leopard, Himalayan serow and 70 species of birds, including the paradise flycatcher, Himalayan monal, and Himalayan snowcock.^[1]^[2]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Jammu and Kashmir National Parks". Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Singh, Vikram (15 September 1998). "J&K Govt slashes its way through national park for golf course". indianexpress.com.
↑ Husain, Majid. Understanding: Geographical: Map Entries: for Civil Services Examinations: Second Edition. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 4. ISBN 9780070702882.
↑ Raina, Muzaffar (9 March 2008). "LoC home for vanishing goats". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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[ejk-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Jammu and Kashmir National Parks". Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[expIndia-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Singh, Vikram (15 September 1998). "J&K Govt slashes its way through national park for golf course". indianexpress.com.

[majid-3] Husain, Majid. Understanding: Geographical: Map Entries: for Civil Services Examinations: Second Edition. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 4. ISBN 9780070702882.

[4] Raina, Muzaffar (9 March 2008). "LoC home for vanishing goats". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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