Happy Engineer’s day to you mate~!
I know you are quite confused as like, ‘there is a day for the engineers too?’
Yeah dude, there is one and it is today. The 15th of September is regarded as the Engineers Day in India, as a tribute to one of the first and finest engineers India has produced, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Today is his 150th b’day and let us, with all the pride, wish our fellow engineers a Happy Engineers day.
When i accidently came across this piece of knowledge, that of today being the Engineer’s Day, i knew nothing about him except his name, courtesy the Visvesvaraya Science & Technology Museum, Bangalore. Google and wikipedia helped me expand my knowledge of this great man and here are a few lines about him, a tribute.
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was born on 15th of Sept 1860, 150 years prior to today, at Muddenahalli village in the present day Karnataka. He earned his B.A. from the Madras University in 1881 and later completed civil engineering from College of Science, Pune. Upon graduating he took up some tedious projects under PWD & Indian Irrigation Commission. Visvesvaraya achieved celebrity status when he designed a flood protection system to protect the city of Hyderabad from floods. He was also very much responsible for the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam across River Cauvery in Mysore & upon completion, it was the biggest reservoir in Asia.
Upon retirement as an engineer, he was made the Diwan of Mysore and he was made the Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by the British, for his invaluable contributions to the public. Sir Visvesvaraya was conferred with the honorary membership of the international Institution of Civil Engineers ( London based ), a fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science ( Bangalore based ) and several other honorary doctorates. He also received Indian Republic's highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He passed away on the 14th of April, 1962 in Bangalore. A true marvel who had lived for over 100 years.
I remember this true legend on his 150th birth day and i wish everyone a Happy Engineer’s Day!
Engineers are the ones who create this nation, structurally. Respect & support them.
hey i never know y the engineers day was celebrated.... gud info
ReplyDeleteReally I was also unknown to this day. It's totally new info for me. Thanks! Happy engineers day to you!
ReplyDeleteKewl dude... a quick look up on Google told you that? Anyways, Congs for the post and Happy Birth... err... Happy Engg Day!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suraj, Mag & Hemal.
ReplyDeleteMany people never knew such a day ever existed! So i think this post helped!
Being an engineer myself i knew this day exists, yesterday i received many messages from my friends[fellow Engineers], but i didn't know much about Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya thanks for giving relevant info about him.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I liked the title of your blog and how you kept your blog.
Happy Blogging !
Thanks for visiting the blog, and hope u make it regular here :)
ReplyDeleteI never knew about such a day though, and many people never knew this, so thought of spreading this small piece of knowledge through a blog post!
Do go through the others as well! :)