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The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden (sometimes shortened to the SSR Botanic Garden), commonly known as the Pamplemousses Botanic Garden, is a popular tourist attraction in Pamplemousses, near Port Louis, Mauritius, and the oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam GCMG LRCP MRCS (18 September 1900 – 15 December 1985), often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam or SSR, was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth governor-general. He is widely recognized as the nation's founding father.
There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Mauritius, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned. Curepipe Botanic Gardens; Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
The district hosts the SSR botanical garden, or Jardin Botanique Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, renamed in 1988 in honor of the first prime minister of Mauritius. The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre (1719–1786) in 1770. The area is 25 hectares. The garden features spices, ebonies, sugar canes and many more.
In the mid-1980s, the garden was named "Sir Seewoosagar Botanical Garden" after Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritius's first post-independence prime minister. A similarly named botanical garden to the north in Pamplemousses (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden), is also named after the same statesman. However the Curepipe Gardens are ...
The flight from London Heathrow to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) is around 11 hours and 50 minutes. Air Mauritius , British Airways and Emirates offer daily flights. When to go
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