Adwaita (from अद्वैत, meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Adwaitya[1][2] or Addwaita,[3] was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India.
[4] The animal was one of four tortoises that lived at Robert Clive's estate at Barrackpore, in the northern suburbs of Calcutta.
[5] 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.
[7] Adwaita lived in his enclosure in the zoo until his death on 22 March 2006 at an estimated age of 255.
He lived on a diet of wheat bran, carrots, lettuce, soaked gram (chickpea), bread, grass and salt.