{"id":31245,"date":"2025-03-12T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T02:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31245"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:55:32","slug":"sajjangarh-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sajjangarh-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A wildfire has engulfed about 50 hectares of area of Sajjangarh Sanctuary of Udaipur recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located on the outskirts of <strong>Udaipur city in Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is nestled in the <strong>Aravalli hill range,<\/strong> covering an area of approximately 5.19 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>The Sanctuary lies around the <strong>Sajjangarh Fort, built by <\/strong>the erstwhile <strong>Maharana Sajjan Singh of Mewar <\/strong>in 1874 on <strong>Bansdara Hill.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bari Lake<\/strong>, popularly known as <strong>Tiger Lake,<\/strong> is situated on the western slope of the Sanctuary. This lake was <strong>built by Maharana Raj Singh <\/strong>of the <strong>Mewar dynasty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: It encompasses a blend of <strong>deciduous and semi-evergreen<\/strong> forests.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>It boasts a lush environment dominated by trees like<strong> teak, mango, neem, j<\/strong>amun, khair, and ber.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The presence of <strong>abundant bamboo grove<\/strong>s further enhances the habitat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>: It is home to animals like<strong> panthers, hyenas, wild boars, <\/strong>jackals, sloth bears, sambar deer, spotted deer, and <strong>four-horned antelopes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is located on the outskirts of Udaipur city in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the vegetation in Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It encompasses a blend of deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Who built the Sajjangarh Fort?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It was built by the erstwhile Maharana Sajjan Singh of Mewar in 1874 on Bansdara Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/india\/rajasthan-massive-wildfire-rages-in-udaipurs-sajjangarh-sanctuary-for-fourth-day-no-casualties-reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FPJ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the outskirts of Udaipur city in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}