ICFAI Dahisar had organised an outdoor lecture on one of the Sundays in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali, Dharam Sir, was supposed to conduct this sessions and every one was very exited. This being the first of the kind experience for all of us we were all set. but unfortunately it could not happen.
Now We need to put this idea forward again to make it happen.
Kindly give me your suggestions
Now We need to put this idea forward again to make it happen.
Kindly give me your suggestions
History
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park area has a long written history dating back to the 4th century BCE. In ancient India, Sopara and Kalyan were two ports in the vicinity that traded with ancient civilizations such as Greece and Mesopotamia. The 45 km (28 mi) land route between these two ports was partially through this forest.[7]
The Kanheri Caves in the centre of the park were an important Buddhist learning centre and pilgrimage site sculpted by Buddhist monks between the 9th and the 1st centuries BCE.[8]They were chiseled out of a massive basaltic rock outcropping.[9]
The park was named 'Krishnagiri National Park' in the pre-independence era. At that time the area of the park was only 20.26 km2 (7.82 sq mi). In 1969, the park was expanded to its present size by acquiring various reserve forest properties adjoining the park. After this, an independent unit of the Forest Department called 'Borivali National Park Sub-division' administered the area. Krishnagiri National Park was created in 1974 and later renamed as 'Borivali National Park'. In 1981, it was re-dedicated as 'Sanjay Gandhi National Park' in memory of Sanjay Gandhi, the son of ex Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, who was killed in an air crash in 1980.
