M. Visvesvaraya
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M. Visvesvaraya was a renowned Indian engineer, statesman, and Bharat Ratna awardee celebrated for his pioneering contributions to irrigation, flood control, and nation-building.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M. Visvesvaraya canonical | 6 |
| Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya | 1 |
| Vishweshwarayya | 1 |
| Visvesvaraya | 1 |
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian national
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bharat Ratna
ⓘ
Bharat Ratna ⓘ
surface form:
Bharat Ratna 1955
DSc (honoris causa) ⓘ KCIE ⓘ Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ honorary doctorate ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1861-09-15 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Engineers Day in India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
British India
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| dateOfCommemoration | September 15 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1962-04-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Government of India records
ⓘ
Indian engineering history ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Central College, Bangalore
ⓘ
College of Engineering Pune ⓘ
surface form:
College of Engineering, Pune
University of Bombay ⓘ |
| endTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Kannada people
ⓘ
surface form:
Kannadiga
|
| familyName |
M. Visvesvaraya
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Visvesvaraya
|
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
ⓘ
economic planning ⓘ flood control ⓘ irrigation engineering ⓘ |
| fullName |
M. Visvesvaraya
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
|
| givenName | Mokshagundam ⓘ |
| hasPart | Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum named in his honor ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | public policy in the Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| inspired | development of engineering education in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
engineering innovations in water management
ⓘ
modernization of Mysore ⓘ nation-building in India ⓘ pioneering contributions to flood control ⓘ pioneering contributions to irrigation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
industrialization of Mysore
ⓘ
planned economic development for India ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
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automatic weir water floodgates ⓘ development of Mysore as a modern state ⓘ flood protection system for Hyderabad ⓘ |
| occupation |
administrator
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ engineer ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Mysore
ⓘ
Muddenahalli ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bengaluru
ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
surface form:
Mysore State
|
| positionHeld | Diwan of Mysore ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Bengaluru ⓘ |
| startTime | 1912 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vishweshwarayya
this entity surface form:
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
this entity surface form:
Visvesvaraya