The East India Company appointed James Rennell to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767. Lord Clive appointed him as Surveyor General. Colin Mackenzie was appointed Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810, but these posts were abolished in 1815 and Mackenzie was made the first Surveyor General of India.[2] A list of Surveyor Generals and their tenure:[3][4][5]
^"Officers at Surveyor General's Office". surveyofindia.gov.in. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^Heaney, G.F. (1968). "Rennell and the Surveyors of India". The Geographical Journal. 134 (3): 318–325. doi:10.2307/1792959. JSTOR 1792959.
^"Surveyors General in British India". Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^"Surveyor Generals Names". scribd. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^"Ex Surveyor General". Survey of India. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Further readingEdit
Edney, Matthew H. (15 February 2009), Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843, University of Chicago Press, ISBN978-0-226-18486-9
Phillimore, R. H. (1954), Historical Records of the Survey of India (five volumes), Survey of India – via archive.org
Volume I, 18th century; Volume II, 1800 to 1815; Volume III, 1815 to 1830; Volume IV, 1830 to 1843; Volume V, 1844 to 1861
External linksEdit
Official list of Surveyors General
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The Surveyor General of India is the Head of Department of Survey of India a department under the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India The Surveyor General is also the most senior member of the Survey of India Service an organised engineering service under the Union of India The current Surveyor General is Shri Sunil Kumar 1 Contents 1 Surveyors General 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksSurveyors General EditThe East India Company appointed James Rennell to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767 Lord Clive appointed him as Surveyor General Colin Mackenzie was appointed Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810 but these posts were abolished in 1815 and Mackenzie was made the first Surveyor General of India 2 A list of Surveyor Generals and their tenure 3 4 5 1815 1821 Colin Mackenzie 1821 1823 John Hodgson 1823 1826 Valentine Blacker 1826 1829 John Hodgson 1829 1830 Henry Walpole 1830 1843 Sir George Everest 1843 1861 Andrew Scott Waugh 1861 1878 Henry Edward Landor Thuillier 1878 1883 James Thomas Walker 1884 1887 George Charles Depree 1887 1895 Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier 1895 1899 Charles Strahan 1899 1904 St George Corbet Gore 1904 1911 Colonel Francis Bacon Longe 1911 1919 Sidney Gerald Burrard 1919 1924 Charles Henry Dudley Ryder 1924 1928 Edward Aldborough Tandy 1928 1933 Robert Henry Thomas 1933 1937 Harold John Couchman 1937 1941 Sir Clinton Gresham Lewis 1941 1946 Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler 1946 1951 George Frederick Heaney 1951 1956 Ian Henry Richard Wilson 1956 1961 Brig Gambhir Singh May 1961 December 1961 Col Rajendar Singh Kalha January 1962 April 1962 Eustace Randolf Wilson May 1962 June 1966 Brig Gambhir Singh July 1966 August 1969 Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal September 1969 June 1971 Brig Jamshed A F Dalal July 1971 April 1972 Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal May 1972 March 1976 Dr Hari Narain Padam Shri Apr 1976 November 1981 Lt Gen Kishori Lal Khosla December 1981 January 1988 Lt Gen Girish Chandra Agarwal February 1988 December 1988 Maj Gen D M Gupta January 1989 November 1990 Lt Gen Surinder Mohan Chadha December 1990 March 1991 A K Sanyal April 1991 June 1992 Vinay Kant Nagar July 1992 December 1992 Lt Gen C B Jhaldiyal January 1993 April 1994 Maj Gen D P Gupta May 1994 July 1994 P R Dutta August 1994 September 1994 B B Sinha October 1994 July 1996 Maj Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta August 1996 March 1997 Lt Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta April 1997 March 2001 Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja April 2001 November 2001 Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja on Extn December 2001 February 2005 Dr Prithvish Nag on Deputation March 2005 June 2005 Vacant July 2005 March 2007 Maj Gen M Gopal Rao April 2007 December 2007 Maj Gen M Gopal Rao on contract January 2008 June 2008 Maj Gen R S Tanwar 01 July 2008 13 July 2008 Dr T Ramaswami DST 14 July 2008 October 2008 Dr Prithvish Nag November 2008 July 2009 Dr T Ramaswami DST August 2009 September 2009 Maj Gen R S Tanwar October 2009 November 2009 Maj Gen Manoj Tayal November 2009 24 August 2010 Dr T Ramaswami DST 25 August 2010 30 April 2015 Dr Swarna Subba Rao 01 May 2015 07 April 2016 Rajendra Mani Tripathi 08 April 2016 30 June 2017 Dr Swarna Subba Rao 01 July 2017 30 September 2017 Maj Gen VP Srivastava 01 October 2017 30 January 2018 Maj Gen Girish Kumar 31 January 2018 31 December 2019 Lt Gen Girish Kumar VSM 01 January 2020 14 January 2020 Sh Naveen Tomar 15 January 2020 15 January 2021 On Contract Lt Gen Girish Kumar Retd VSM 16 January 2021 12 January 2022 Sh Naveen Tomar 13 January 2022 Present Shri Sunil Kumar IFS Indian Forest Service Joint Secretary DST F N See also EditSuperintending Surveyor Trigonometrical Survey of IndiaReferences Edit Officers at Surveyor General s Office surveyofindia gov in a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty url help Heaney G F 1968 Rennell and the Surveyors of India The Geographical Journal 134 3 318 325 doi 10 2307 1792959 JSTOR 1792959 Surveyors General in British India Retrieved 28 November 2012 Surveyor Generals Names scribd Retrieved 28 November 2012 Ex Surveyor General Survey of India Retrieved 7 March 2022 Further reading EditEdney Matthew H 15 February 2009 Mapping an Empire The Geographical Construction of British India 1765 1843 University of Chicago Press ISBN 978 0 226 18486 9 Phillimore R H 1954 Historical Records of the Survey of India five volumes Survey of India via archive org Volume I 18th century Volume II 1800 to 1815 Volume III 1815 to 1830 Volume IV 1830 to 1843 Volume V 1844 to 1861External links EditOfficial list of Surveyors General nbsp This article about government in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Surveyor General of India amp oldid 1174591290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
