Which Indian national park is part of the Sundarbans and home to the Bengal tiger?

Which Indian national park is part of the Sundarbans and home to the Bengal tiger? Sundarbans National Park is the Indian national park that forms part of the Sundarbans and protects Bengal tigers. It lies in West Bengal on the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, a vast landscape of tidal waterways and mangrove islands.

The park became the core of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in 1973, was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1977, and received national-park status in 1984. UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site in 1987. Its mangroves provide habitat for Bengal tigers, spotted deer, wild boar, fishing cats, saltwater crocodiles, and many birds and reptiles.

Sundarbans National Park covers the Indian portion of the broader Sundarbans ecosystem. The forest continues across the international border into Bangladesh, where it is protected through separate reserves and sanctuaries. The maze of tidal creeks means that boat travel is the traditional way to explore the Indian park.

Kaziranga, Jim Corbett, and Ranthambore also protect tigers or other major wildlife, but none is the Indian national park specifically located within the Sundarbans mangrove forest.