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where was the office of surveyor of india set up .​

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Answered by saurabh363590
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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.

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Answered by rprathap746
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The 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 Indian Army 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

Survey of India logo.jpg

Survey and mapping agency overview

Formed

1767; 253 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 India.

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