Engineer's Day

As we are Enginners we have to gain some idea about Engineer's Day.Engineer's Day is celebrated in several countries on various dates of the year.
But We living in India So i am Discussing here about Engineer's Day in India.

In India, Engineer's day is celebrated on September 15.This day is celebrated in the honor of notable engineer and Bharat Ratna awardee, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya who was born on the day in 1860.
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Here are some Glorious points of Sir  Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya's Life.

Joined service as Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1884; served in Nasik, Khandesh and Poona;
services lent to Municipality of Sukkur in Sind, 1894: designed and carried out the water works of that Municipality, 1895;
Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896;
Assistant Superintending Engineer, Poona, 1897–99; visited China and Japan, 1898;
Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Poona, 1899;
Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and Member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901;
designed and constructed Automatic Gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as the "Block System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at the Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905;
Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada. United States of America and Russia, 1908;
services lent as Special Consulting Engineer, Hyderabad, to supervise and carry out Engineering works in connection with the Musi floods, 1909;
retired from British service, 1909;
Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Mysore, 1909;
Dewan of Mysore, P. W. and Railway Department, 1913.

At the age of 101 Sir Dies at 14 April 1962 in Bangalore.
Salute Too the Great Engineer.



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