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Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal? When was it formed?
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(i) Sir William Jones was the founder of Asiatic society of Bengal. (ii) This society was founded in 1784. (iii) This society took the honour to publish the edited version Akbarnama and Badshahnann
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