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National Survey Day

April 10 , 2019 2058 days 3204 0
  • 10th April is celebrated as ‘Survey Day’ throughout India.
  • This day has a special significance in the History of Surveying as it is on this day (April 10, 1802) that Major William Lambton started two important works.
    • The GTS (Great Trigonometrical Survey)
    • Measurement of Great Arc from the Cape Comorin to Bangalore.
  • The Great Trigonometrical Survey was a project which aimed to measure the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision.
  • The baseline for the Survey was Madras.

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