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 The engineering feats of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya


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Sir M Visvesvaraya was a Diwan & chief engineer during the 1900s in Mysore. His major feats include-

  1. Krishnaraja Sagar dam in Mysore which supplied power to the gold mines at Kolar, irrigation in Mandya district and drinking water in several cities.
  2. A flood protection system in Hyderabad & a sewage farm to protect rivers
  1. A block system to prevent wasteful flow of water in dams
  2. Preventing erosion of the Visakhapatnam port

Patronized by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, he was responsible for the setting up of –

  1. Mysore soap factory
  2. The parasitoid laboratory
  3. Mysore sandal oil factory
  4. Mysore iron & steel works (now known as Visvesvarayairon and steel limited)
  5. Sri Jayachamarajendra polytechnic institute
  6. Bangalore Agricultural University
  7. State Bank of Mysore
  8. The Century Club
  9. Mysore Chambers of Commerce
  10. Government Engineering College, now called university Visvesvaraya college of engineering
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Sir M Visvesvaraya was a Diwan & chief engineer during the 1900s in Mysore. His major feats include-

  1. Krishnaraja Sagar dam in Mysore which supplied power to the gold mines at Kolar, irrigation in Mandya district and drinking water in several cities.
  2. A flood protection system in Hyderabad & a sewage farm to protect rivers
  1. A block system to prevent wasteful flow of water in dams
  2. Preventing erosion of the Visakhapatnam port

Patronized by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, he was responsible for the setting up of –

  1. Mysore soap factory
  2. The parasitoid laboratory
  3. Mysore sandal oil factory
  4. Mysore iron & steel works (now known as Visvesvarayairon and steel limited)
  5. Sri Jayachamarajendra polytechnic institute
  6. Bangalore Agricultural University
  7. State Bank of Mysore
  8. The Century Club
  9. Mysore Chambers of Commerce
  10. Government Engineering College, now called university Visvesvaraya college of engineering

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tirumala road design chesindi kuda eeyaney kada man... before that voorikey road potundey anta due... is it his brain that the british museum holds to understand how a human being had so many ideas?

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8 hours ago, loveindia said:

tirumala road design chesindi kuda eeyaney kada man... before that voorikey road potundey anta due... is it his brain that the british museum holds to understand how a human being had so many ideas?

Last katha evvaru chepparu

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