Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden - Howrah 2011-01-08 9762

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Description: Mahogany. The botanical garden at Howrah, was known as ‘East India Company’s Garden’ or the ‘Company Bagan’ or ‘Calcutta Garden’ and later as the ‘Royal Botanic Garden’ which after independence was renamed as the ‘Indian Botanic Garden’ in 1950. It came under the management of the Botanical Survey of India on January 1, 1963. From June 25, 2009 it was renamed as ‘Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden’. Date: 8 January 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Biswarup Ganguly.