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.