<P> The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones , Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William at the Fort William in Calcutta , then capital of the British Raj , to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research . At the time of its foundation , this Society was named as `` Asiatick Society '' . In 1825 , the society dropped the antique k without any formal resolution and the Society was renamed as `` The Asiatic Society '' . In 1832 the name was changed to `` The Asiatic Society of Bengal '' and again in 1936 it was renamed as `` The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal . '' Finally , on 1 July 1951 the name of the society was changed to its present one . The Society is housed in a building at Park Street in Kolkata ( Calcutta ) . The Society moved into this building during 1808 . In 1823 , the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was formed and all the meetings of this society were held in the Asiatic Society . </P>
<P> The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones , Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William at the Fort William in Calcutta , then capital of the British Raj , to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research . At the time of its foundation , this Society was named as `` Asiatick Society '' . In 1825 , the society dropped the antique k without any formal resolution and the Society was renamed as `` The Asiatic Society '' . In 1832 the name was changed to `` The Asiatic Society of Bengal '' and again in 1936 it was renamed as `` The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal . '' Finally , on 1 July 1951 the name of the society was changed to its present one . The Society is housed in a building at Park Street in Kolkata ( Calcutta ) . The Society moved into this building during 1808 . In 1823 , the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was formed and all the meetings of this society were held in the Asiatic Society . </P>
who set up the asiatic society of bengal
who set up the asiatic society of bengal
Sir William Jones
Sir William Jones