Charger: The
legendary ruler of the Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, Charger was a dominant male tiger. He
was a legend and lives life like a superstar of the forest. He got his name when he charged at an elephant carrying tourists. He was known for his ferocious roar and the terrible jump. An average life span of tiger is about
twelve to fourteen years. There were only few known tigers which had lived upto 15 years but the charger lived upto 17 years. He died in the September month of year 2000 in an enclosure at Magdhi zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
He was a fearless male and can anytime enter the territory
of other tigers. He was having the largest territory in the Bandhavgarh
reserve of all time and all the females were his for the taking. When
charger got older he was pushed out of the tala range by his son ( male
from his daughter Mohini). When the charger was not sighted in the park
the forest officals got worried and some officials guessed that he
maight have been died during the fight for the territory. Later he was
found outside the tal range. He was then tranqualised by the vetenary
doctors to heal his wounds. The doctors did attend and he did prophesize
Charger's death.
Male Dominant 
Tiger B-2
: The Fight between father and the son marked the end of the ruling
King 'Charger' was the son of the three males of Mohini. The Name of the
Crown Prince was B2 called by the locals. There were ther male sons of
Mohini, the most dominant amongst the three was B2. The Other males B1,
and B3 was not so much highlighted. B2 ruled the territory of the
charger for a long period, while B1 and B3 satisfied themselves with the
region outside the tala range. B-2 inherited with qualities of charger
more than B1 and B3.
B2 is the most aggressive and more romantic amongst the three.
B2 has strong likes and dislikes. He just hates the cacophony most what
else would describe his utter intolerance of harsh sounds like those of
vehicles and motorbikes.
Real Incidents related with B2 ( Sept 2002 ) >>> Bansi the driver of Jungle Gypsy
The driver of the jungle diesel Jeep, abnsu was driving from
the evenign park safari and was passing throught the territory of B2.
suddenly the tiger B2 Jumps from the grass right infront of the vehicle
of Bansi with its ferocious roar. Bansi Just paddled the brake and
stopped just a few metre distance from B2. Tiger B2 just came forward
and started pounding the vehicle and sat on the raod. The tiger B2 sat
on the road for about an hour and when he jsut got bored he walked away
in the grass.
Male Tiger B1 of Bandhavgarh : He was in contrast
with B2, he was a lazy tiger loves to rest and streches under the
cover of the Jamun tree and some times on the bank of his territory.
He didnt like to do the hard work for making a kill. He makes a soft
target for the kill as he pounced over the park boundary and enters
the village of Tala, he kill the grazing cattles and drag it into the
park boundary.
Male Tiger B3 of Bandhavgarh : Male Tiger B3 was a
romatic tiger like a casenova. he likes the females in heat. A
tigress is not in heat when she is tending her cubs. B3 Has not been
sighted for many years now and guessed by the forest officials that it
had is no more.
Bokha: Bokha is a dominant male of Magdhi zone in Bandhavgarh. During the safari in Magdhi Zone, if you notice the giant pugmarks of a male tiger, then he will be Bokha Tiger of Bandhavgarh. In childhood, during conflict with other tiger, one of his teeth was broken, due to which, he was given name Bokha. He is a healthy male tiger that often had conflicts with current dominating male B2 who rules Tala zone area.
Female Dominant Tigress Sita of Bandhavgarh: The matriarch of Bandhavgarh was the mother of all the tigress
of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Sita was having two female and one male tigers.
One of the female of Sita was Mohini, has son B1, B2 and B3. Here we can see the picture of Sita with her cubs. Usually a
female tigeress keep her cubs with herself about 18 - 20 Months. During
this period the mother kills the prey and feed her cubs. Sita was a perfect mother and has taken proper care of its cubs.
