Q. The name of Billy Arjan Singh is most closely associated with which among the following National Parks of India?
Answer: Dudhwa National Park
Notes: Billy Arjan Singh was born in Gorakhpur in 1917 and had died in January 2010. He was a hunter who once after killing a young leopard, became a conservationist and campaigned for creating the Dudhwa National Park. He was awarded the World Wildlife Fund’s Gold Medal in 1976. He received the Padma Shri in 1995 and again in 1996 a WWF Gold Medal. In 1997, he also received Order of the Golden Ark.Billy Arjan Singh established the Tiger Haven Society in 1992 and also released a work `Tiger Haven`.
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