{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}{{Infobox zoo |name = Matri Baag Zoo |date_opened = {{start date and age|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> |image=Maitri bagh4 (cropped).JPG |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"/> |annual_visitors = 911767<ref name="cza.nic.in"/>}}
'''Maitri Bagh''' Zoo (also known as '''Garden of Friendship''') is a tourist location in 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 the Soviet Union and India.<ref name=":0" /> It is the largest and oldest zoo of Chhattisgarh and previously of the undivided 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|website=Central Zoo Authority of India}}</ref>
==History== Maitri Bagh is a "Friendship Garden" established as a 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 established in 1972 and 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>
==Photo Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:The Tiger pic 2.jpg|Bengal tiger in Maitri Bagh lake File:Deer pic 2.jpg|Sambar deer stag in the park File:Maitri bagh3.JPG|Maitri Bagh entrance statues File:Maitri bagh2.JPG|Ashoka Chakra in Maitri Bagh File:Maitri bagh1.JPG|Alexei Kosygin, the First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union's commemoration marker where he planted trees while visiting Bhilai in 1961 File:Maitri bagh5.JPG|Maitri Bagh entrance gate </gallery>
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Category:Buildings and structures in Chhattisgarh Category:Buildings and structures in Bhilai Category:Zoos in India