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  1. Eden gardens of Calcutta was built in 1840. It was named 'Eden' after the name of a sister of a Governor General of India. Who was the Governor General?
    1. Lord William Bentinck
    2. Charles Metacalfe
    3. Lord Auckland
    4. Lord Ellenbourough
Correct Option: C

Lord Auckland was the Governor General when the Eden Gardens of Calcutta was built in 1840. The Gardens came into being when the Governor General Lord Auckland desired to create a circus and a garden. A pleasure ground with an oblong tank in centre was laid out on this site. The site was initially named 'Auckland Circus Gardens'.


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