Robert Kyd
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Colonel Robert Kyd was a British army officer stationed in India
. He founded the botanical garden
at Calcutta
in 1787.
Kyd was interested in horticulture and owned a private garden in Shalimar near Howrah. He proposed the idea of a botanic garden to the then Governor-General Sir John Macpherson who passed on the idea to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The pan was approved on July 31 1787. Kyd had proposed that the botanical garden would help in introduction of economically important plants and would help the East India Company outstrip our rivals in every valuable production which nature has confined to this part of the globe.
Kyd made a dying request that he be buried without any religious ceremony near a favourite avocado tree in the botanical garden that he founded, but was instead interred in South Park Street Cemetery
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He founded the botanical garden
Indian Botanical Gardens
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. They are commonly known as the Calcutta Botanical Garden, and previously as the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta...
at Calcutta
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
in 1787.
Kyd was interested in horticulture and owned a private garden in Shalimar near Howrah. He proposed the idea of a botanic garden to the then Governor-General Sir John Macpherson who passed on the idea to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The pan was approved on July 31 1787. Kyd had proposed that the botanical garden would help in introduction of economically important plants and would help the East India Company outstrip our rivals in every valuable production which nature has confined to this part of the globe.
Kyd made a dying request that he be buried without any religious ceremony near a favourite avocado tree in the botanical garden that he founded, but was instead interred in South Park Street Cemetery
South Park Street Cemetery
South Park Street Cemetery is located on Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, India. The road used to be called Park Street, and prior to that Burial Ground Road....
.