Zoological Garden in Calcutta, or whatever it is called Alipor Zoo, located in West Bengal, is the oldest zoo official in India - its discovery occurred in the distant 1876. Home garden was laid Bengal Governor-General Arthur Uillezli, who in 1800 created a private zoo on their own land, not far from Calcutta. But soon after that Uillezli left India, and the manager of the zoo became famous Scottish zoologist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton. Later, at the urging of the public and help Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Temple, the government officially allocated land under the zoo. Place for it was chosen in the wealthy suburb of Calcutta - Alipore.

Initially the animals to the zoo from its own menagerie gave Carl Louis Shvendler, German electrician who at the time was engaged in the construction of the railway in the state.

At the moment, the zoo has a truly unique collection of a wide variety of animals from around the world - Indian elephants, Royal Bengal Tiger, African lions, emus, jaguars, and other Indian rhinos. Also, a zoological garden, until recently, was known for a giant tortoise Addvaitoy dating back 250 years, but unfortunately, in 2006, she died.

Since the second half of the XX century, in the direction of management of the zoo a lot of criticism because of the lack of adequate programs for breeding rare animals and because of the crossing programs of various kinds. Also held demonstrations, which are directed against a conservative policy zoo and to improve living conditions for the animals living there. But despite this, the zoo remains one of the most popular and visited places in Kolkata.