Jijamata Udyaan

Jijamata garden
Statue of Jijamata and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Jijamata Udyaan
Date opened	1861^[1]
Location	Mumbai, India
Coordinates	18°58′41″N 72°50′12″E / 18.9781154°N 72.8367457°E / 18.9781154; 72.8367457Coordinates: 18°58′41″N 72°50′12″E / 18.9781154°N 72.8367457°E / 18.9781154; 72.8367457
Land area	48 acres (19 ha)^[1]
Memberships	CZA^[2]

Jijamata Udyan
Type	Botanical Garden
Location	Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Area	53 acres
Owned by	Municipal corporation of greater Mumbai
Operated by	Garden Dept.MCGM, Mumbai
Visitors	8000 to 30,000 (on holiday)
Status	Open
Species	843 ^[3]
Collections	Sundari(glass pane tree), Castanospermum australe, Coccoloba uvifera

Jijamata Udyaan formerly called Ranichi Bagh (meaning Queen's Gardens) after the original British name Victoria Gardens, and now also known as Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, is a zoo and garden located at Byculla, in the heart of Mumbai, India. It was laid out in 1861 and is one of the oldest zoos in India.

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Notes

1 2 "Jijamata Udyan Zoo". clickindia.com. ClickIndia. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
↑ "Search Establishment". cza.nic.in. CZA. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
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External links

Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India

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