Question

Write a short note on survey of India maps

Answer 1

The Survey of India (Hindi: भारतीय सर्वेक्षण विभाग) is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.[1] Set up in 1767[2] 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 Survey of India's distinguished history includes the handling of the mammoth Great Trigonometrical Survey under William Lambton and George Everest and the discovery of Mt. Everest.[2] Its members are from Survey of India Service cadre of Civil Services of India. It is headed by the Surveyor General of India.