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After 30-plus years, Gujarat roars back onto India’s tiger map – Harsh Sanghavi, Deputy Chief Minister
The development comes nearly a month after the Gujarat Forest Department announced that a wandering tiger has made Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary in Dahod district its new home and it has now settled there.
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After more than three decades, Gujarat has regained the status of a ‘tiger-present state’, with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) confirming the presence of a tiger in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said
With this, Gujarat has now become the abode of three big cats – lion, leopard and tiger, another minister said. As per the forest department records, tigers went extinct in Gujarat 36 years ago in 1989.
After 30+ years, Gujarat roars back onto India’s tiger map
With confirmed camera-trap evidence from Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary (Dahod), the NTCA has officially reinstated Gujarat as a tiger-present state for the 2026 census.
A proud moment for conservation, vigilant forest… pic.twitter.com/6m6ZFfWtOk
— Harsh Sanghavi (@sanghaviharsh) December 26, 2025
“After 30-plus years, Gujarat roars back onto India’s tiger map. With confirmed camera-trap evidence from Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary (Dahod), the NTCA has officially reinstated Gujarat as a tiger-present state for the 2026 census,” Sanghavi said in his post on platform ‘X’.