[2] The national park contains large tracts of forests formerly part of the Maharaja of Kota's hunting grounds.

The park was embroiled in a political controversy over its nomenclature, when the Bharatiya Janata Party state government revoked the decision that it be called the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.

[3] Mukundara Hills National Park is mountainous and has a variety of plants, trees and animals.

Tree species in the forests of Mukundara Hills National Park include Acacia nilotica, Atrocarpus heterophyllus, Aegle marmelos, Azadirachta indica, Bombax ceiba, Breonia (syn.

Prey species include the chital, sambar deer, wild boar and the nilgai.