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Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area is Himachal Pradesh's natural World Heritage property

The World Heritage Centre's page for India lists the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area among the country's Natural World Heritage properties.
The Press Information Bureau's state-wise table of India's World Heritage properties enters the Great Himalayan National Park against Himachal Pradesh, with 2014 as the year of inscription.
The same table groups it with the properties under the protection of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Its companions in that group include Kaziranga, Keoladeo, Manas, the Sunderbans National Park, Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, and the Western Ghats.
The Western Ghats entry in the table is spread over Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which makes it the only natural property in the table entered against more than one state.

Property: Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area State: Himachal Pradesh Year of inscription: 2014 Category: Natural Protecting ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Why it matters for exams: India's World Heritage list is asked almost every year, and the one natural property in Himachal Pradesh with its inscription year and protecting ministry is the exact detail examiners pick.
Kerala PSCUPSC
8 October 2026 Source: Press Information Bureau

In plain words

World Heritage property UNESCO World Heritage property — A site inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List under the 1972 Convention.

Natural property Natural World Heritage property — A World Heritage property listed for its physical or biological value rather than for human work.

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