Surveyor General of India
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The Surveyor General of India is the chief government official responsible for overseeing national surveying and mapping, historically central to charting the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Surveyor General of India canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4290458 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of India Context triple: [George Everest, positionHeld, Surveyor General of India]
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A.
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing the surveying, mapping, and technical aspects of artillery and fortifications under the Board of Ordnance.
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B.
Advocate General of Madras
The Advocate General of Madras was the chief legal advisor and representative of the British colonial government in the Madras Presidency, overseeing major legal and judicial matters in the region.
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C.
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie was a 19th-century British statesman best known for his expansionist policies and administrative reforms in India, including the controversial Doctrine of Lapse.
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D.
Governor-General of Bengal
The Governor-General of Bengal was the chief British colonial administrator in India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a role that evolved into the office of Governor-General of India.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of India Target entity description: The Surveyor General of India is the chief government official responsible for overseeing national surveying and mapping, historically central to charting the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing the surveying, mapping, and technical aspects of artillery and fortifications under the Board of Ordnance.
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B.
Advocate General of Madras
The Advocate General of Madras was the chief legal advisor and representative of the British colonial government in the Madras Presidency, overseeing major legal and judicial matters in the region.
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C.
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie was a 19th-century British statesman best known for his expansionist policies and administrative reforms in India, including the controversial Doctrine of Lapse.
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D.
Governor-General of Bengal
The Governor-General of Bengal was the chief British colonial administrator in India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a role that evolved into the office of Governor-General of India.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office
ⓘ
public position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Government of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ministry of Science and Technology, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorityOver | official boundaries and base maps of India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| field |
cartography
ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ mapping ⓘ surveying ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
charting the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Additional Surveyor General
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deputy Surveyor General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://surveyofindia.gov.in ⓘ |
| headOf | Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1767 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of India ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy |
Alexander Cunningham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Scott Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Brigadier G. F. Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ C. H. D. Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Strahan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Swarna Subba Rao NERFINISHED ⓘ George Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ James Thomas Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lt. Col. William Lambton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lt. Gen. Girish Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. G. C. Lawrance NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. G. G. Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. K. S. Rao NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. R. Siva Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. S. G. Varma NERFINISHED ⓘ Maj. Gen. S. M. Chadha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Surveyor General and ex officio Secretary, Department of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
boundary mapping of India
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geodetic control network of India ⓘ maintenance of national spatial data infrastructure ⓘ national surveying ⓘ production of official maps of India ⓘ topographic mapping of India ⓘ |
| supervises |
national topographic survey operations
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survey standards and protocols in India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Surveyor General of India Description of subject: The Surveyor General of India is the chief government official responsible for overseeing national surveying and mapping, historically central to charting the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.