Baldha Garden is a botanical garden which spans Template:Convert 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 Baldha Garden is now managed as a satellite unit of the National Botanical Garden by the Department of Forestry.
Baldha 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.
Visitors expressed dismay in July 2024, over a fivefold increase in entry fee to the garden.[2]
History
Baldha 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.[3]
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References
- ↑ Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh(2012)
- ↑ Visitors outraged as entry fees raised fivefold for six botanical gardens, eco parks. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ↑ [{{{url}}} Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh]. 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.