ACHARYA JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE INDIAN BOTANIC GARDEN

About:

• The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden was previously known as Indian Botanic Garden and the Calcutta Botanic Garden.
  
  
• It is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• The gardens were founded in 1786.