Sariska Tiger Reserve was created in 1978.
The present area of the Reserve is 866 sq. km.
In the pre-independence period, the forests within the Reserve were a part of
the erstwhile Alwar State and maintained as a hunting preserve for the royalty.
After independence, these were first notified as a Reserve wherein it was unlawful
to hunt, shoot, net, trap, snare, capture or kill any kind of wild animals in
1955.
The Reserve status was upgraded to that of a Sanctuary in 1958. Later, in view
of the preservation of wild animals in a better way, a few forest areas contiguous
to the Sanctuary were also incorporated.
The primary notification to declare part of the core as a National Park was
issued in 1982.
The final notification is pending in view of the need to relocate a few villages
from the Park.