This article is about a tortoise. For the philosophy and religious practice, see Advaita Vedanta. For the design language used in the GNOME desktop environment, see Adwaita (design language).
Adwaita
Species
Aldabra giant tortoise
Sex
Male
Hatched
c. 1750 (1750) Aldabra Atoll
Died
(2006-03-22)22 March 2006 (aged 255–256) Alipore Zoological Gardens, Kolkata, India
Known for
Believed to be the oldest terrestrial animal in the world, if verified.
Weight
250 kg (551 lb)
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 in the world.
He may have been from Aldabra, an atoll in the Seychelles. This anecdotal report has not been confirmed.[1] The animal was one of four tortoises that lived at Robert Clive's estate at Barrackpore, in the northern suburbs of Calcutta.[2] Clive was said to have received the tortoises following his victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, in which the British East India Company defeated the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, thereby securing India for Britain in the long run.[3] Adwaita was transferred to the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta in 1875 or 1876 by Carl Louis Schwendler, the founder of the zoo.[4] Adwaita lived in his enclosure in the zoo until his death on 22 March 2006 at an estimated age of 255.
^Encyclopedia of Life (2014). "Aldabra Tortoise (Geochelone gigantean)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^BBC News – South Asia (23 March 2006). "'Clive of India's' tortoise dies". BBC News. BBC Online. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^Lal, Vinay (April 2006). "Clive and his Pet Tortoise". MANAS, UCLA Social Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^"Zoological Garden". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: 23–24. February 1876.
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