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378:. Phipps stayed as a guest of the Curzons during his visit to India and left behind a donation of £30,000, which was used to establish the institute. He laid the foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and college on 1 April 1905. The institute was originally called the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI). Its name was changed to the Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research in 1911, and to the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute in 1919. The choice of establishing it in Pusa in northern Bihar was the proximity to the indigo plantations which were in need of revival following the German synthesis of aniline in 1899. One of the first scientists to be deputed to the institute was the English chemist 38: 347: 339: 142: 408:, a soil scientist was to be the first Indian to head the institute. The new campus at New Delhi was inaugurated on 29 July 1936, while the new building of the Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research was inaugurated by the then Viceroy of India, 1287: 389:
of 15 January 1934. The Secretary of State approved the transfer in July, 1934. The Standing Finance Committee of the Union Assembly finally announced on 25 August 1934 in
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act of 1956 of Parliament and since then it has awarded MSc and PhD degrees. IARI has also started it's undergraduate programme from 2022-2023.
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What remained of the institute at the original location was downgraded to an agricultural research station until 1970, when the
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who had worked from 1892 with the agricultural department in India. He moved to the institute in 1906.
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ranked First among Agriculture and Allied Universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework
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is affiliated with and is located in the campus of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
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varieties of wheat, including Pusa 718, 737, 745, and 760. In 1958, it was recognized as a "
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Imperial Agricultural Research Institute, at its original location Pusa, Bihar, circa 1927
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in 1919 and following a major earthquake in Pusa in 1934, it was relocated to
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in 1936. The current institute in Delhi is financed and administered by the
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The campus is spread over 500 hectares (5.0 km), 8 km west of
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National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
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However, the institute was damaged during the devastating
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