Describe the different surveys carried out under colonial administration.
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Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.[3] Set up in 1767[4] to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India. Its members are from Survey of India Service cadre of Civil Services of India and Army Officers from the Corps of Engineers. It is headed by the Surveyor General of India.At present, Survey of India is headed by Lt Gen Girish Kumar, VSM.
Survey of India
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Survey and mapping agency overview
Formed
1767; 252 years ago[1]
Jurisdiction
East India Company (1767–1858)
British Raj (1858–1947)
Government of India (from 1947)
Headquarters
Hathibarkala Estate, New Cantt Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India[2]
Minister responsible
Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology
Survey and mapping agency executives
Lt. Gen. Girish Kumar, Surveyor General of India
Col. Amardeep Singh, Addl. Surveyor General
Parent department
Department of Science and Technology
Website
surveyofindia.gov.in
A map showing the triangles and transects used in the Great Trigonometrical Survey (1802-1852), produced in 1870.
Surveyor-General of India George Everest (b.1790-d.1866) under whom GTS was completed and Mount Everest was named in his honour.
SI (cartography) as well as ASI (archaeology), BSI (botany), FSI (forests), FiSI (fisheries), GSI (geology), IIEE (ecology), NIO (oceanography), RGCCI (Census of India) and ZSI (zoology) are key national survey organisations of Indian
The British government when ruled India conducted different types of surveys.
Explanation:
- Surveys were done on SI (cartography). Also in different fields like botany, archaeology, forests and fisheries.
- These surveys helped to identifies the real statistics in those fields. Similar surveys were also done in geology, ecology, oceanography. Also, the total population analysis and survey was also done.
- Survey on animals was also conducted by the zoology department. These surveys help to identify the total resource and allocate budget based on the survey.
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