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Dr Karan Singh spearheaded the 1972 transition designating the tiger as India’s national animal and chaired the Steering Committee that launched Project Tiger on April 1, 1973, boosting conservation efforts

The forest officials added that CCTV cameras were installed and animal trackers were deployed to track movement of the tiger

The Royal Bengal Tiger was suffering with dyspepsia and loss of appetite and was under treatment for the last six months.

The Sundarbans is also an ecologically fragile and climatically vulnerable region that is home to over 45 lakh people.