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The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence, [1] [2]) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest and largest museum in Asia, by size of collection .
The fair was held between 4 December 1883 and 10 March 1884. [3] and took place in the grounds of the Indian Museum and the Maidan.[1]There were contributions from Belgium, Ceylon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Straits, Turkey and U.S.A. [4] The Australian colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria were all hosted on the Indian Museum side of the fair.
The university museum is named after Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee who was the Vice-Chancellor of the university for four consecutive two-year terms (1906–1914) and a fifth two-year term (1921–23). The objective of the museum was to collect and preserve specimens of various phases of Indian art with special emphasis on the art of Bengal .
The Indian Museum has a library of excellent historical value, with a special focus on the Raj and Kolkata. The Marble Palace is a privately owned collection of eclectic sculptures, paintings and a small menagerie and aviary off Chittaranjan Avenue in North Kolkata .
He became a chief clerk in the Agriculture Department and rose to become its assistant director, before joining the Government of India revenue department (1881). He helped in organizing the exhibits for the Calcutta International Exhibition of 1883. From 1886 he was assistant curator of the Indian Museum in Calcutta. In 1896 he retired on a ...
Indian Museum (1914). "Nathaniel Wallich". The Indian Museum, 1814-1914. Calcutta: trustees of the Indian museum and printed at the Baptist mission Press. pp. 104– 107. Sangwan, Satpal (1998). "8 From Gentlemen Amateurs to Professionals: Reassessing the Natural Science Tradition in Colonial India 1780-1840".
This inscription was known as the "Calcutta Stone" because it has been stored at the Indian Museum in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, from the 19th century until today. The Pucangan inscription is a bilingual inscription carved on both sides of a single monolith. The front side is written in Old Javanese while the other side is written in Sanskrit.
The Impey family in Calcutta, India in 1783, by Johan Zoffany. Mary's daughter, Marian Impey, is shown dancing to Indian music. Mary's daughter, Marian Impey, is shown dancing to Indian music. A Dwarf Flying Squirrel hanging from a Kuru Creeper , from the Impey Album, Shaikh Zayn al-Din, c. 1780, 20 7/8 in. x 29 17/32 in. (53 cm x 75 cm)