World’s First White Tiger Safari

World’s First White Tiger Safari has been opened in Madhya Pradesh.

Key facts:

• The sanctuary is spread over an area of 25 crore and is built at a cost of Rs 50 crore.
• Presently, there are three white tigers and two Royal Bengal tigers. The safari will get nine white tigers in the coming months.
• Vindhya region holds a special relevance because the world’s first white tiger was discovered here around 100 years ago. However, in 1976, the region lost its lone white tiger named Virat.
• The safari will be named after Rewa princely state’s ruler Maharaja Martand Singh who had a ‘pet’ white tiger named Mohan in 1951. It later became the progenitor of all known white tigers in the world after the ruler arranged for its breeding.