Nilgai in Velavadar National Park, in Gujarat

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Nilgai in Velavadar National Park. Grasslands of the Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar which is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat state, India. Established in 1976 in the Bhal region of Saurashtra, the park is located around 72 km from the district headquarter city of Bhavnagar. Hugging the coasts of the Gulf of Khambhat on the south, it is spread over an area of 34.08 km², which was primarily a "vidi" (grassland) of the Maharaja of the princely state of Bhavnagar. On the northern side, it is surrounded by wastelands and agriculture fields. The National park has been classified as 4B Gujarat-Rajwada biotic province of semi-arid bio-geographical zone. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection o