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
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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