M. Visvesvaraya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetM. Visvesvaraya
Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore
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Place of Birth: Muddenahalli, India
About M. Visvesvaraya
- Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya FASc also spelled as Sir Mokshagondam Visweswarayya, popularly known as Sir MV (15 September 1861 – 12 April 1962) was an Indian civil engineer and statesman and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1919.
- He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955.
- He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good.
- 15 September is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in his memory.
- He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in North-West suburb of Mysuru city and chief engineer of flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.
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