The Great Banyan (scientific name: <i>Ficus benghalensis</i>, family: Moraceae) tree at the botanical garden, Howrah. The garden was known as ‘East India Company’s Garden’ or the ‘Company Bagan’ or ‘Calcutta Garden’ and later as the ‘Royal Botanic Garden’ which after independence was renamed as the ‘Indian Botanic Garden’ in 1950. It came under the management of the Botanical Survey of India on January 1, 1963. From June 25, 2009 it was renamed as ‘Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden’.
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