Type: Parks
Location: Meghalaya
History of the Zoo: The present Lady Hydari Park was created in 1937, when Sir Robert Neil Reid was the Governor of Assam and it was at that time, known as Lady Reid Pleasure Park. On 4th May 1947, Sir Akbar Hydari took over as Governor of Assam and held office upto 28th December, 1948. It was during his tenure that Lady Reid Pleasure Park was renamed as Lady Hydari Park. During those days the park served as very important place for certain functions like: (i) Keeping of Gandhi's ashes for darshan for the public in the town (ii) Delivering of lectures by SardarVallabhai Patel (iii) Organising the, "The All India Cattle Show" (iv) Celebrating of Hills and Plains Week(v) Regular Flower Show etc. The Park was under the control of the Deputy Commissioner of Khasi Hills, till it was handed over to the Forest Department in the year 1973 and since the creation of the Wildlife Wing in 1977, the Park is now under the control of the Khasi Hills Wildlife Division Shillong. During initial time, Park consists only of Lawns and Flower garden. But later with the creation of the Wildlife wing, park begins to house many rescued animals both from the wild and public captivity. Hence they were kept in small cages to display to the public for bringing awareness among them. With the inception of the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), Lady Hydari was registered under the authority and which later on obtained the status of Mini Zoo Lady Hydari Park. In another words Mini Zoo Lady Hydari Park could be called as the Rescue Centre as most of the animals' house inside the Park are rescued animals.
Location: The Park is located at a distance of about 300 meters South to the main Secretariat Building, Shillong and behind the Civil Hospital,Shillong.
Section: Lady Hydari Park has mainly three Section:-
