Adwaita (from अद्वैत, meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India. At the time of his death in 2006, Adwaita was believed to be amongst the longest-living animals … See more Weighing 250 kg (551 lb), Adwaita was a solitary animal with no records of his progeny. He lived on a diet of wheat bran, carrots, lettuce, soaked gram (chickpea), bread, grass and salt. See more • Tu'i Malila • Jonathan • List of longest-living organisms See more His shell cracked in late 2005, and a wound developed in the flesh underneath the crack. The wound became infected and eventually led to his death from liver failure on … See more • "Kolkata toasts 255-year-old resident". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2024. • "Worlds Oldest Animals". 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on … See more WebMar 23, 2006 · The tortoise had been the pet of Robert Clive, the famous British military officer in colonial India around the middle of the 18th century, a local minister in West …
WebMar 23, 2006 · KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on … WebMar 24, 2006 · HE WAS reputedly owned by the imperial hero Clive of India, lived through the industrial revolution, the Napoleonic wars and the space age, but yesterday … linkedin login my account uk
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WebMar 24, 2006 · A giant tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died at the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta, the Indian authorities said. The tortoise, Adwaitya, or the Only One, had belonged to Robert Clive of ... WebFeb 3, 2024 · Said to have been one of four tortoises gifted to Robert Clive, whose triumph at arms at Plassey in eastern India in 1757 is conventionally thought to have gained … WebHistorian Shekhar Bandopadhyay in his celebrated book on modern Indian history, “From Plassey to Partition: A history of modern India,” writes that “The Battle of Plassey marked the beginning of political supremacy of the English East India Company in India. ... Speaking about the exploitation unleashed by Clive in India, Dalrymple says ... linkedin log into my ac