Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan

Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India. The park was opened to the public as a zoo in 1973. The park is Patna's most frequented picnic spot, with more than 36,000 visitors on New Year's Day alone in 2011.HistoryThe park was first established as a botanical garden in 1969. The then Governor of Bihar, Sri Nityanand Kanungo, provided almost 34acre of land from the Governor House campus for the garden. In 1972, Public Works added 58.2acre to this, and the Revenue Department transferred 60.75acre to the Forest Department to help expand the park.Since 1973, this park has been a biological park, combining a botanical garden with a zoo. The land acquired from the Public Works Department and the Revenue Department was declared protected forest by the state government on 8 March 1983.