HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by
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TB Macaulay
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Sir William Jones
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GK Gokhale
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Annie Besant
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It was founded by the philologist William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Justice Robert Chambers in Calcutta, the then-capital of the Presidency of Fort William.
Detailed explanation-2: -ON January 15, 1934, the Asiatic Society of Bengal, which was founded under the name of the “Asiatick Society”, on January 15, 1784, by Sir William Jones, will reach the age of a hundred and fifty years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Asiatic Society in Calcutta was founded by Sir William Jones in 1875.
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