Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden

Calcutta Botanic Garden
Calcutta Botanic Garden
Type	Public
Location	Shibpur, Howrah
Nearest city	Howrah, Kolkata
Area	109 hectares (270 acres)
Created	1787; 237 years ago
Designer	Robert Kyd, William Roxburgh
Operated by	Botanical Survey of India
Status	Open (5 AM – 7 AM for Morning Walkers 9 AM – 5 PM for Visitors)
Website	Official website

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 gardens exhibit a wide variety of rare plants and a total collection of over 12,000 specimens spread over 109 hectares. It is under Botanical Survey of India (BSI) of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

^ "Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah," BSI. Web. 28 February 2011. <http://164.100.52.111/indianBotanicgarden.shtm Archived 3 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine>
^ Cite error: The named reference prakash was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Mukherjee, Abhijit (2012). "Calcutta Botanic Garden". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[1] "Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah," BSI. Web. 28 February 2011. <http://164.100.52.111/indianBotanicgarden.shtm Archived 3 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine>

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[3] Mukherjee, Abhijit (2012). "Calcutta Botanic Garden". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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