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The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as Indian Botanic Garden [1] and the Calcutta Botanic Garden, [2] is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. They are commonly known as the Calcutta Botanical Garden and previously as the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. [3]
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. [1] The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.
It is well known for being the location of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, the IIEST Shibpur and the Hajar Hath Kali Temple. The famous Bengali linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji was born in Shibpur. During British Raj, its name was written as Seebpore.
The Indian Botanic Garden was renamed in his honour as the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden on 25 June 2009. [ 67 ] In 2004, Bose was ranked number 7 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time .
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden with the Great Banyan Tree; Howrah Bridge; B. B. D. Bagh (formerly called Dalhousie Square) Dakshineswar Kali Temple; Second Hooghly Bridge; Victoria Memorial; Sundarbans; St. Paul's Cathedral; The shortlisted list, compiling of the "Seven Wonders of West Bengal" as per the votings is as ...
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah: West Bengal: Home to The Great Banyan, an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) that is reckoned to be the largest tree in the world, at more than 330 metres in circumference 18 Agri Horticultural Society of India, Kolkata: West Bengal: 19 Lloyd's Botanical Garden, Darjeeling ...
Royal Botanic Gardens, now the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta; Jordan. Royal Botanic Gardens of Jordan; Spain.
The Great Banyan Tree at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur.. Botanical Survey of India (BSI) located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.It was founded on 13 February 1890, is Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's organization for survey, research and conservation of plant wealth of India, flora and endangered species of India ...