Great Trigonometrical Survey

The Department of Posts, India, launched a postal stamp on June 27, 2004, commemorating the establishment of the Great Trigonometrical Survey India on April 10, 1802.

The stamps feature Radhanath Sikdar and Nain Singh, two significant contributors to society.

The Great Arc refers to the systematic exploration and recording of the entire topography of the Indian subcontinent which was spearheaded by the Great Trigonometrical Survey.

Role of Surveying in Planning and Construction of Amaravathi

NATIONAL SURVEY DAY – 2016 The Vijayawada Local Center of the Institution of Engineers (India) organized National Survey Day – 2016 at its premises on Monday, the 11th April, 2016 at 18.30 hrs. Er. V Gopal, FIE invited the dignitaries on to the dais while Er.Butta Rajasekhar,MIE introduced the speaker Prof.Kodali Srinivas FIE, to the audience. Dr. M Kamaraju, FIE, Chairman of the center presided over the meeting. The speaker Prof. Kodali Srinivas, Professor of Civil Engineering Department, Kallam Harinatha Reddy Institute of Engineering & Technology, Guntur while delivering on the topic with Power Point Presentation said that the planning and design of all Civil Engineering projects such as construction of Towns, cites, highways, Water ways, bridges, tunnels, dams etc are based upon surveying measurements. Moreover, during execution, project of any magnitude is constructed along the lines and points established by surveying. Thus, surveying is a ...

Bhakra Dam - 50 years of its glorious service of the Nation

India Post released a stamp depicting the Bhakra Dam on 22nd October 2013 to celebrate 50 years of its glorious service of the Nation Golden Jubilee of Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River , and is in Bilaspur , Himachal Pradesh in northern India . The dam, located at Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is India's second tallest at 225.55 m (740 ft) high next to the 261m Tehri Dam . The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m; it is 9.1 m broad. Its reservoir, known as the "Gobind Sagar", stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water, is spread over an area of 168.35 km 2 . In terms of storage of water, it withholds the second largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 12.22 billion cu m. Bhakra Dam was Describ...

Rashtrapati Bhavan - New Delhi

India Post Issued A set of Four stamps and a miniature sheet on Ratrapathi Bhavan Date of Issue : 05 Aug 2011 Miniature sheet The Rashtrapati Bhavan or The Official Residence of the Head of the State is the official residence of the President of India, located at Raisina hill in New Delhi. Until 1950 it was known as "Viceroy's House" and served as the residence of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India. The splendour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is multi-dimensional. It is a vast mansion and its architecture is breathtaking. Its architect was Edwin Landseer Lutyens. The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the same year. This vast mansion has got four floors and 340 rooms,with a floor area of 200, 000 square feet .The most prominent and distinguishing aspect of Rashtrapa...

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