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3 unusual facts about Ram Brahma Sanyal


Ram Brahma Sanyal

Sanyal was chosen to assist three Europeans including Carl Louis Schwendler, one of the honorary governors and original donator of the zoo's starting stock.

Sanyal was also a pioneering member of the Brahmo Samaj, a Hindu reformist movement of the late 19th century centered in Kolkata.

The handbook caught the eye of the Vice President of the Zoological Society of London W. T. Blanford.



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