 The foundation of zoos in major cities around the world caused a growing thought among the British community in Kolkata that the menagerie should be upgraded to a formal zoological garden.Credence to such arguments was lent by an article in the now-defunct "Calcutta Journal of Natural History" July 1841 issue.In 1873, the Lieutenant-Governor Sir Richard Temple formally proposed the formation of a zoo in Kolkata, and the Government finally allotted land for the zoo based on to the joint petition of the Asiatic Society and "Agri-Horticultural Society".