<Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Td> Isha Mohammad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> asiaticsocietykolkata.org </Td> </Tr> <P> The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William 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". In 1832 the name was changed to "The Asiatic Society of Bengal" and again in 1936 it was renamed as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal ." Finally, on 1 July 1951 the name of the society was changed to its present one . The Society is housed in a building at Park Street in Kolkata (Calcutta). The Society moved into this building during 1808 . In 1823, the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was formed and all the meetings of this society were held in the Asiatic Society . </P> <P> In January 1784 Sir William Jones sent out a circular - letter to a selected number of British residents of Calcutta with a view to establish a society for the Asiatic studies . At his inivitation, thirty British residents met in the Grand Jury Room of the Supreme Court (in Calcutta's Fort William) on 15 January 1784 . The meeting was presided over by Sir Robert Chambers . At this meeting, Jones explained the aims of the Society, he would establish . The Memorandum of Articles of the Asiatic Society, prepared by Jones said: </P>

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