Visvesvaraya
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya KCIE more commonly known as Sir MV (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962), was an Indian Civil Engineer, statesman and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, serving from 1912 to 1919. He persued his degree from one of the best (at that time) and the 3rd oldest engineering college in Asia, College of Engineering, Pune. He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good. His birthday, 15 September, is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in his memory. He was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru city, and also served as one of the Chief Engineers of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.
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15 September 1860 Muddenahalli, Kanivenarayanapura Hobli, Chikballapur Taluk, Chikballapur District, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka)
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| Died |
14 April 1962 (aged 101) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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