Question

During the colonisation of Indian
by the British the practise of
Surveying became an integral
part. By the nineteenth century
detailed surveys were carried
out to map the entire country.
Name a few surveys and write
about one important survey still being conducted in India every ten years and what all does the survey collect?

Answer 1

Answer:

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 practice of surveying became common throughout the colonial administration because the British reflected that a country had to be precisely known before it could be efficiently governed. ... Census was another form of surveying, this was adopted to know the religion and caste of the Indian population.