GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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British Surveyor General
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British Army General
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Indian Surveyor General
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Indian Army General
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sir George Everest, CB, FRS, FRAS, FRGS (/ˈiːvrɪst/; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866), was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. After receiving a military education in Marlow, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16.
Detailed explanation-2: -Radhanath Sikdar (Bengali: ; 5 October 1813 – 17 May 1870) was an Indian mathematician who is best known for calculating the height of Mount Everest. He was the first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest, in 1852.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1852, Sikdar calculated the exact height of Everest. George Everest retired in 1843 but his successor, Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh, named the peak after the man who initiated the survey. The height, 8, 848 metres, was officially announced in 1856.