Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at PM Modi and said that the prime minister should also pay heed to unemployment. 70 years after its extinction from India, the cheetahs are back on Indian soil. Eight big cats were released into the Indian wildlife in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur National Park (KPNP) on Saturday by PM Modi, who termed it a "historic day". India was home to Asiatic cheetahs in the past, but the species was declared extinct domestically by 1952.