Visvesvaraya

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:College_of_Engineering,_Pune
gptkb:Central_College,_Bangalore
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire_(KCIE)
gptkb:Bharat_Ratna
gptkbp:birthDate 1861-09-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Muddenahalli,_Kingdom_of_Mysore,_British_India
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Engineers'_Day_(India)
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-04-14
gptkbp:deathPlace Bangalore, Karnataka, India
gptkbp:father gptkb:Mokshagundam_Srinivasa_Shastry
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:public_administration
civil engineering
irrigation engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Mokshagundam_Visvesvaraya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Visvesvaraya
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Krishna_Raja_Sagara_dam
block system of irrigation
contributions to Indian engineering
flood protection system for Hyderabad
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Sanskrit
English
Kannada
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Venkatalakshamma
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Krishna_Raja_Sagara_dam
gptkb:Mysore_Iron_and_Steel_Works
gptkb:Mysore_Soap_Factory
gptkb:State_Bank_of_Mysore
gptkb:University_of_Mysore
Government Engineering College, Bangalore (now UVCE)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:scholar
politician
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Muddenahalli,_Karnataka,_India
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:Diwan_of_Mysore
gptkbp:signature Visvesvaraya_Signature.png
gptkbp:termEnd 1918
gptkbp:termStart 1912
gptkbp:title gptkb:Diwan_of_Mysore
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bharat_Ratna
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5