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| Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (15 September 1860 - 14 April 1962) |
ENGINEERS DAY 2010 - Today, 15th September, is Engineers Day in India, celebrated in memory of eminent engineer, planner and statesman of the country Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya on his birthday. Bharat Ratna Mokshgundam Visvesvaraya was the greatest engineer ever in post independence era of India.
On the Engineers Day, people across the country observe the day in respoect of Sir M. Visvesvaraya and engineers pay tributes to him.
The Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur and Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum (Bangalore) are named after Sir M. Visvesvarya.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya was born at Muddenahalli, near Kanivenarayanapure (presently Chikballapur District of Karnataka) in 1860. He designed a flood protection system to protect Hyderabad city from floods, which lead him to achieve the status of celebrity. He had also supervised KRS dam (biggest reservoir in Asia then) construction across the Cauvery River. He is also known as the "Father of modern Mysore state".
As the Diwan of Mysore in 1915, Sir M. Visvesvarya was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by the British. In 1955 he was awarded with the highest honour of India, the Bharat Ratna.
Sir M. Visvesvarya died at the age of 101 on April 14, 1962 in Bangalore.
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