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| Sir George Everest's house, Mussoorie, India. livemint.com |
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| Mussoorie, Uttrakhand, India George Everest's house.probashionline.com |
The former Surveyor General of India George Everest was the one of the men who gave due importance to The Trigonometric Survey of India to understand the terrain and the height of the peaks in the Himalayan mountains. The survey covered the southern most tip of the Peninsular India s well. Andrew Scott Waugh, the surveyor general of India, in 1856. was appointed by his predecessor Everest who did much of the survey work earlier - the survey, followed an old technical approach that triangulated the territory of India south to north and west to east.
Yet another feature is the Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway taken up by the Department of Tourism and the preparation for the project was already completed. An agreement was already made with a private firm regarding this proposed project and the work would start upon environmental clearance from the agency concerned. .
The Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway, covering a distance of about 30 km between Rajpur Road to Mussoorie Taxi Stand, is a boon to the visiting tourists and the tourism department's ambitious plan is welcomed by the locals here. The rope way will cover the entire stretch in just 15 minutes and will have a carrying capacity of .1,000 people on a one-way trip. The added advantage to the visitors is they can enjoy uninterrupted vista of fine misty hills and greenery all around while going up and coming down the hill.. Yet another positive point is besides saving travel time, tourists can avoid the problems of air pollution, carbon emission and traffic jam on the Dehradun-Mussoorie route,
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| Sir George Everest 1790 -1866) whittlespublishing.com |
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George Everest who joined the survey in 1818. became the Surveyor General of India in 1830. He continued in this capacity until 1843. Everest, being creative, wanted to survey the terrain in a precise way using math and modern technology. He calculated the mathematical spheroids on the Great Meridian Arc of India from the tip of the south most point - Kanyakumari to the Himalayas in the north and west to east The Great Trigonometric Survey was quite consuming work and it took a while to complete the work. In 1852 Radhanath Sikdar, a Bengali mathematician of repute with the survey was the one had found out the highest point in the world which was finally accepted. The discovery of the highest peak was the collective efforts of many men and not the efforts of a single man. Scott Waugh Surveyor General in 1856 suggested to name it after his predecessor and former boss. Everest never wanted the peak to be named after him as the credit went to the entire team......................
Mesmerized by the nice ambiance, Sir George Everest had his residence cum Observatory and mini lab built at Hathipaon, near Mussoourie, a popular hill station and lived there for 10 years from 1833-1843. He named his bungalow Logarithm Lodge. Hathipaon, an isolated place at a height of 7089 feet from MSL is away from Mussoorie and 8 km from Uttrakhand hill station. Everest's house is located on a ridge in the sub Himalayan mountain with the Shivalik mountains in the south and the vast Gangetic plain at the base. He also purchased an estate called the Park Estate which later changed many hands. Presently, the state government manages the house which is a declared heritage site. George Everest is often referred to as the “Father of Indian Geodesy.”
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