BIOGRAPHY OF MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA

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                                                                               MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA (15th September 1861 - 12th April 1962)                                                                                                         PERSONAL DETAILS:-                                                                                                    Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya born on 15th September 1860 in Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapura District, Karnataka. Sir M Visvesvaraya father is Srinivasa Sastry and mother Venkachamma. Sir M Visvesvaraya is an eminent Indian engineer and statesman. Today 15th September we observer Sir M Visvesvaraya birthday as Engineers Day in India.                                                                                     ACHIEVEMENTS:-

•   In 1955, he was honoured with Bharat Ratna.
• Sir MV served as the Diwan of Mysore during the period of 1912-1918.
• Sir MV was recognized for engineering the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam located in Mysore.
• he was one of the Chief designing engineers for bringing up a system for flood protection in Hyderabad.
• He gaved planning tirumala-tirupati ghot road.                                           Not only these many more achievements he owned it.                          HE STARTED 
• VISVESVARAYA IRON AND STEEL PLANT (VISL) AT BHADVATI
• SHARAVATHI HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT
• Bangalore- mysore rail road
• The Bhatkal harbour
• 1913 he found Mysore bank