Baldha Garden

Balda Garden is a botanical garden which spans 3.15 acres (1.27 ha) of land located at Wari in the old part of the city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It has a collection of 672 species of plants.[1] The Balda Garden is now managed as a satellite unit of the National Botanical Garden by the Department of Forestry.

Balda Garden
Balda Garden, Dhaka
Balda Garden
TypeBotanical garden
LocationWari, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates23°43′06″N 90°25′04″E
Area3.15 acres (12,700 m2)
Created1909
Operated byDepartment of Forestry, Ministry of Environment and Forests.
OpenAll year

Balda Garden is one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in Bangladesh. The garden is enriched with rare plant species collected from different parts of the world.

History

Balda Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens established in this part of Bengal. Narendra Narayan Roy Chaudhury, landlord of the Estate of Balda, began creating it in 1909 and continued to add to it until his death in 1943. He simultaneously built up a museum collection, which was known as the Balda Museum. The museum collections are now housed at the Bangladesh National Museum.[2]

See also

References
  1. Zia Uddin Ahmed (2012). "Baldah Garden". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. SM Humayun Kabir (2012), "Baldah Museum", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

Bibliography
  • Muntasir Mamun, Dhaka: Smriti Bismritir Nogory, Volume-2, Pg- 142–143, Annana Publications.
  • Cultural Survey of Bangladesh, Asiatek Society, Architecture, Asiatek Society of Bangladesh.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.