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National Engineers Day - September 15
September 16 , 2020
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- This day is remembrance and tribute to the greatest Indian engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, or M Visvesvaraya on his birthday.
- He became India’s most prolific civil engineer, dam builder, economist, statesman, and can be counted among the last century’s foremost nation-builders.
- He was also the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.
- He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in Mysore.
- He was also the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.
- He also designed and patented the automatic weir water floodgates, first installed at the Khadakwasla reservoir, Pune 1903.
- He transformed the Mysore state into what was then known as 'model state'.
- Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of India conferred 'Bharat Ratna' on this legend in the year 1955.
- He was also awarded the British knighthood by King George V.
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