Patna zoo

Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan (also known as Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden or Patna Zoo) is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India. The park was opened to the public as a zoo in 1973. The park is Patna's most frequented picnic spot, with more than 36,000 visitors on New Year's Day alone in 2011.

Patna (listen), also known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. Patna is the second-largest city in Eastern India after Kolkata. It had an estimated city population of 1.68 million in 2011, making it the 19th largest city in India. With over 2 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 18th largest in India.

Bihar Province was a province of British India, created in 1936 by the partition of the Bihar and Orissa Province.

Raj Bhavan or Raj Bhawan (translation: Government House) is the official residence of the Governor of Bihar. It is located in the capital city of Patna, Bihar. The construction of building started in 1912 and was completed in 1917. It was designed by New Zealand-born architect Joseph Fearis Munnings.