Which one of the following cities is the Indian Botanical Gardens situated?
A
Darjeeling
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B
Ooty
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C
Shimla
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D
Howrah
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Solution
The correct option is D Howrah Indian Botanic Garden and the Calcutta Botanic Garden, is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
The Indian Botanical Gardens are most famous for the Great Banyan Tree,which boasts of having the largest canopy in the world.
The gardens were originally founded in 1786 by Colonel Kyd, containing about 12,000 living plants and over two and half million dried plant specimens in the herbarium collected from all over the world. This is the oldest of all the Botanical Gardens in India.