In which of the following years the Asiatic Society of Bengal was established?
A.1684
B.1784
C.1884
D.1984
Answer:B
In which of the following years the Asiatic Society of Bengal was established?
A.1684 B.1784 C.1884 D.1984
Explanation: Sir William Jones founded the Asiatic Society on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of its foundation, this Society was named as "Asiatick Society". In 1825, the society dropped the antique k without any formal resolution and the Society was renamed as "The Asiatic Society".