The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in 2024.

Situated on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in Assam’s Darrang and Sonitpur districts, Orang National Park is often referred to as ‘Mini Kaziranga’; like Kaziranga National Park, it is home to a significant population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros and shares a similar landscape.

Covering only 79.28 square kilometres, the Orang National Park is a vital hotspot for wildlife, home to iconic species like the magnificent endangered one-horned rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, and pygmy hog.

A historical overview

Originally inhabited by local tribes, the area that is now Orang National Park was abandoned by its tribal population in the early 1900s due to an epidemic. In 1915, the British colonial authorities designated it as a game reserve, an area for wildlife conservation and controlled hunting, and over the........

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