Royal Springs Golf course (Srinagar)

India / Jammu and Kashmir / Badami Bagh / Srinagar
 golf course  Add category
International class 18 hole golf course.

Previously the 'Salim Ali National Park'. Park scrapped for this Golf Course.
History :
Salim Ali National Park or City Forest National Park was a national park located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It covered an area of 9.07 km². Notified in 1986, the name of the park commemorated the Indian ornithologist Salim Ali. The park was converted into the Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar between 1998 & 2001 by Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.

The park featured a number of wildlife species such as the Hangul, Musk deer, Himalayan Black bear, Leopard, Himalayan serow and 70 species of birds, including the Paradise Flycatcher, Himalayan Monal, Ring Dove and the Himalayan Snowcock.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Ali_National_Park
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Springs_Golf_Course,_Srinagar
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   34°5'15"N   74°52'25"E

Comments

  • awesome golf course. one of the best in India
  • Previously "Salim Ali National Park" : The park was converted into the Royal Springs Golf Course between 1998 & 2001 by Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.
  •  20 km
  •  145 km
  •  147 km
  •  157 km
  •  161 km
  •  161 km
  •  167 km
  •  176 km
  •  217 km
  •  220 km
This article was last modified 10 years ago