TNPSC Thervupettagam

Statue of Pennycuick

January 19 , 2022 914 days 1472 0
  • The Tamil Nadu government will install a statue of Col. Pennycuick in Camberley, United Kingdom.
  • It is the birthplace of the British Army Engineer Pennycuick.
  • He was instrumental in constructing the Mullaperiyar reservoir, Kerala.
  • He built the dam in the year 1895.
  • The late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had unveiled Col. Pennycuick’s statue at the Public Works Department campus in Tallakulam, Madurai on January 15, 2000.
  • Subsequently, the TN government built a memorial (Mani mandapam) at Gudalur, Lower Camp in Theni district and also installed a life-size statue of Pennycuick.
  • The newly-built bus stand in Theni was also named after Pennycuick.

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