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Survey of India
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Survey of India
The
Survey of India
is
India
's central engineering agency in charge of
mapping
and
surveying
. Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the
British East India Company
, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the
Government of India
. The Survey of India's distinguished history includes the handling of the mammoth
Great Trigonometrical Survey
under
William Lambton
and
George Everest
and the discovery of
Mt. Everest
. Its members are from
Survey of India Service
cadre of
Civil Services of India
.
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