 Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, West Bengal |
The one of its kind garden at Shibpur in neighbouring Howrah district was named after legendary Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose by Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh.
Apart from his other scientific breakthroughs, Bose is also known for his work in measuring the plant responding to various stimuli and for scientifically proving the parallelism between plant and animal tissues.
Jairam Ramesh told the media that special care has to be taken to see that this garden is well maintained and becomes more beautiful. He also added that is the prime focus of all the citizens to protect the nature and Botanical Gardens play a vital role in this aspect.
The largest and oldest botanical garden of South East Asia, the Indian Botanical Garden has been a premier institution for botanical and horticultural research in India.
Founded in 1787 by Colonel Robert Kyd, an army officer of the British East India Company, the Indian Botanical Garden now has over 12,000 trees and shrubs belonging to 1,400 species together with thousands of herbaceous plants.
The best-known landmark of the garden is The Great Banyan tree with a trunk having a circumference of more than 330 metres.
