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<div>{{short description|Zoo in Mumbai, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox zoo<br />
|zoo_name = Jijamata Udyan<br />
|other_name = Byculla Zoo<br />
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|image = Raje Shivaji with mother Jijamata.jpg<br />
|image_caption = Statue of Jijamata and [[Shivaji]] at Jijamata Udyan(Byculla Zoo)<br />
|location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
|date_opened = 1861<br />
|date_closed =<br />
|coordinates = {{Coord|18.9781154|72.8367457|type:landmark_scale:2500|display=it}}<br />
|area = {{Convert|50|acre|abbr=on}}<br />
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{{Infobox park<br />
|name = Jijabai Udyan & Zoo<br />
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|image_alt = Jijamata Udyan<br />
|photo_caption = Jijamata Udyan<br />
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|type = Botanical Garden & Zoo<br />
|location = [[Mumbai]] (Maharashtra)<br />
|area = 50 acres<br />
|plants = <br />
|species = 843 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.saveranibagh.org/BW_intro.php | title=The varied flora of Rani Bagh's heritage botanical garden - Mumbai's largest green open public space | publisher=Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Foundation | access-date=3 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
|collections = Sundari(glass pane tree), Castanospermum australe, Coccoloba uvifera<br />
|owner = Municipal corporation of greater Mumbai<br />
|operator = Director Zoo, MCGM, Mumbai<br />
|budget = <br />
|visitation_num= 8000 to 30,000 (on holiday)<br />
|status = Open<br />
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'''Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan''', also known as the '''Byculla Zoo''' and formerly '''Victoria Gardens''', is a zoo and garden covering 50 acres located at [[Byculla]], in the heart of [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It is the oldest public garden in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
After Indian independence it was Named after Jijamata, the mother of [[Shivaji]] , the first [[Maratha]] emperor. <br />
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In 1835, British administration granted a large plot of land in [[Sewri]] to the Agro Horticultural Society of Western India for a botanical garden known as Victoria Gardens after [[Queen Victoria|Queen-Empress Victoria]]. That land was later acquired for a European burial ground.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite news |title=Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo: A testament to the period that shaped city’s architectural landscape |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/byculla-zoo-a-testament-to-the-period-that-shaped-mumbais-architectural-landscape-2778511/ |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=1 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref> In 1861, construction of a new garden was commenced on 33 acres in the Mount Estate, Mazgaon (now included in Byculla). The flora from Sewri garden was transferred to this new garden named Jijamata Udyaan which was formally opened to the public by [[Henry Bartle Frere#Family life|Lady Frere]] on 19 November 1862. Agro Horticultural Society of Western India continued to maintain Victoria Gardens till 1873 when the society's end led to the municipal corporation taking over the garden's upkeep. In 1890 the garden was extended by 15 acres especially for the zoo.<ref name=":0">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/places.html |title=PLACES |publisher=Maharashtra State Gazetteers-Greater Bombay District |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614182506/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/places.html |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}</ref><br />
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The garden also houses the [[Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum]], a staff building in Greco-Roman style erected in the memory of Lady Frere, an equestrian statue of King Edward VII of England made of black marble (originally installed near the University of Mumbai) known as [[Kala Ghoda]] and the [[David Sassoon]] clock tower.<ref name="Indian Express" /><br />
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<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4"><br />
File:Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum JEG1857.jpg|The original ''[[Kala Ghoda]]''<br />
File:Clocktower byculla zoo.jpg|[[David Sassoon]] Clocktower<br />
Dr._Bhau_Daji_Lad_Museum,_esterno_01.jpg|[[ Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum]], Byculla<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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{{ZooOrg|cza|zoos|accessdate=4 July 2011}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091128084509/http://www.cza.nic.in/index.html Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India]<br />
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[[Category:Zoos in Maharashtra]]<br />
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