Question

Who is Radhanath Sikdar​

Answer 1

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Radhanath Sikdar was an Indian Bengali mathematician who is best known for calculating the height of Mount Everest.

In 1831, George Everest, the Surveyor General of India, was in the pursuit of a mathematician who had specialised in Spherical Trigonometry, so that they could be a part of the Great Trigonometric Survey. In 1832, under the leadership of Everest, the longitudinal series of the "triangle" survey was completed from Seronj in Madhya Pradesh to Calcutta in West Bengal.

Answer 2

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Radhanath Sikdar (Bengali: Radhanath Sikdar; Roman script: Radhanath Sikdar;) (1870 ...) was an Indian Bengali mathematician who passed away in the nineteenth century.