Jubilee Park is an urban park located in

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. It is a popular destination for all those who wish to have an outdoor picnic, enjoy some outdoor activities and games or even just to have a relaxing day out with friends and family. Popular amongst joggers and cyclists, it is a gigantic park, recreation centre, fountains and a zoo, amongst other attractions. This local attraction was opened to the public in 1958, on the occasion of the city's golden jubilee, the 50th anniversary of establishment. This park was originally a gift to the town of Tatanagar(Jamshedpur) from the

Tata Steel Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company, based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Tata ...

Company. While being built under the visionary

Jamsetji Tata Jamsetji (Jamshedji) Nusserwanji Tata (3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904) was an Indian pioneer industrialist who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. Named the greatest philanthropist of the last century by several poll ...

, the

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were used as an inspiration. This park also shows off a status of Jamsetji Tata and is also known as the

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. The presence of the

Tata Steel Zoological Park Tata Steel Zoological Park (TSZP) is situated in a corner of Jubilee Park, Jamshedpur. TSZP is a recognized 'Medium' category Zoo by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA). The CZA evaluates Zoos on periodic basis and stipulates conditions for their i ...

, Nicco Jubilee Amusement Park, Jayanti Sarovar(Zoo Lake), Bat Island, Children's Park, and Rose Garden is part of the reason why this park is such a famous one.

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The entire park is spread over of land located in the neighbourhood of

Sakchi Sakchi was the village in north eastern India territory of Singhbhum which was selected by Jamsetji Tata to be the location of a planned steel city, which in 1919 became Jamshedpur. Sakchi is now part of the city between the Tata Steel site a ...

. It is one of the five largest urban parks of India along with

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(

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(

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), Chandrashekhar Azad Park (

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) and

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(

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). Jubilee Park provides inner connectivity of the park. In the vicinity of Jubilee other parks —

and Nicco Water Jubilee Park are located. Jayanti Sarovar is a man made lake in the center of Jubilee Park where an island called the Bat Island is located there. Boating with charges accordingly to time is available over there. The

is a zoo and a safari park known for

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. In the safari region the tigers are left free and visitors travel in a safari jeep. Nicco Water Park is a water park adjacent to it. It is home to all water rides as well as swimming pools. Recently it has also became a wedding spot. Rose Garden is located at a slight corner of Jubilee Road. Nicco Amusement Park is an amusement park, a part of it home to numerous rides. The laser fountain show of Jubilee Park is popular. On the occasion of Founder's Day, the park is decorated with lights and fountains.

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