i want some information of botanical garden and survey of India
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From early historic times the vegetable resources of India had attracted people all over the world. The ancient Egypt first established vegetable and other sources trade with India; then the Arabs, the Turks, the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French and finally the English started trade with India.
Towards the 18th century there was a widespread interest in Botanical Collections in India and large number of people including missionaries, East India Company, Government of Bengal, Madras and Bombay were all actively engaged in valuable collections. In 1787 the East India Company set up a garden at Sibpur, Calcutta.
The Survey was formally constituted on 13th February 1890 under the designation “BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA”.
Sir George King, the then Superintendent of Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, was made as the ex-officio Director.
The country was divided into four botanical regions viz., East, West, North and South, each under the charge of a Regional Director. During early stages of its development, the department conducted extensive surveys in different parts of the subcontinent extending to Burma and Malaya Peninsula.
Later several of its functions were taken over by other departments and survey work slowed down with the retirement in 1939 of Dr. C.C. Colder, the last incumbent to the post of Director, the activities of the department were reduced to the minimum
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The Calcutta Garden became the headquarters of the Survey and was given regional responsibility for Bengal, Assam, North East, Burma, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ... Most of the EIC botanical gardens' work was for the cultivation of plants for exploiting resources of India for commerce and trade.