The Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata (Calcutta) is one of the oldest fine arts societies in India. Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা; formerly known as Calcutta) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

History

The academy was formally esrablished in 1933. It was initially located in a room loaned by the Indian Museum and the annual exhibitions used to take place in the adjoining verandah. In the 1950s, thanks to the effort put by Lady Ranoo Mookerjee and patronage by B.C. Roy, the Chief Minister of West Bengal as well as Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, the academy was shifted to a much larger space in the Cathedral Road, beside the St. Paul’s Cathedral — the present location. The Indian Museum was founded by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich a Danish botanist at Serampore (original called Frederischnagore) near Calcutta in 1814. ... A verandah is a large balcony on the level of a ground floor. ... Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl NehrÅ«) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Scholar, Teacher) Nehru, was an important leader of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence on August 15, 1947. ... St. ...