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Q90
(CDS-II/2026)
History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857)
Who among the following was the founder president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ?
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The Asiatic Society (originally the Asiatic Society of Bengal) was founded on January 15, 1784, by Sir William Jones, a renowned philologist and a judge of the Supreme Court at Fort William. The society was established to encourage Oriental research and the study of the history, antiquities, arts, sciences, and literatures of Asia.
- Warren Hastings, the then Governor-General of Bengal, was a major patron of the society and was initially offered the presidency, but he declined it, leading to the election of Sir William Jones as the founder-president.
- Charles Wilkins was a founding member and is famous for the first English translation of the Bhagavad Gita (1785).
- Henry Colebrooke was a distinguished Sanskrit scholar and served as the president of the society in the early 19th century.
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