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|name = Matri Baag Zoo<br />
|date_opened = 1972<ref name="cza.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://cza.nic.in/czaweb.aspx?ID=149&v=y|title=CZA|publisher=cza.nic.in|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref><br />
|image=Maitri bagh4 (cropped).JPG<br />
|location = Maroda Sector, [[Bhilai]], [[Chhattisgarh]] 490006|coordinates = {{coord|21|10|17|N|81|21|11|E|display=title}}|area = 111 acres (44.94 ha)<ref name="cza.nic.in"/><br />
|annual_visitors = 911767<ref name="cza.nic.in"/>}}<br />
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'''Maitri Bagh''' Zoo (also known as '''Garden of Friendship''') is tourist place located in the [[Bhilai]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maitri Bagh {{!}} District DURG, Government of Chhattisgarh {{!}} India|url=https://durg.gov.in/tourist-place/maitri-bagh/|access-date=2021-11-01|language=en-US}}</ref> which was established as a symbol of friendship between [[Soviet Union]] and [[India]].<ref name=":0" /> It is the largest and oldest zoo of [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=All About Maitri Bagh|url=https://cza.nic.in/uploads/documents/reports/hindi/Annual%20report%20maitri%20baug%20zoo%201718.pdf|url-status=live|website=[[Central Zoo Authority of India]]}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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Maitri Bagh is a "Friendship Garden" established as symbol of India-Soviet Union friendship.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maitri Bagh {{!}} garden, Bhilai, India|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Maitri-Bagh|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> It was developed and maintained by [[Bhilai Steel Plant]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Beef-row-Bhilai-Steel-Plant-cancels-tender-for-zoo-animals-food/articleshow/49610210.cms|title=Beef row: Bhilai Steel Plant cancels tender for zoo-animals' food|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 October 2015|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> It was established in the year 1972.<br />
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==Photo Gallery==<br />
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File:The Tiger pic 2.jpg|[[Bengal tiger]] in Maitri Bagh lake <br />
File:Deer pic 2.jpg|[[Sambar deer]] stag in the park <br />
File:Maitri bagh3.JPG|Maitri Bagh entrance statues <br />
File:Maitri bagh2.JPG|[[Ashoka Chakra]] in Maitri Bagh<br />
File:Maitri bagh1.JPG|[[Alexei Kosygin]], the [[First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union|First Deputy Premier]] of [[Soviet Union]]'s commemoration marker where he planted trees while visiting Bhilai in 1961<br />
File:Maitri bagh5.JPG|Maitri Bagh entrance gate<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bhilai]]<br />
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