Engineers Day is celebrated on 15th September every
year
Engineers
Day is celebrated on 15th September every year.
The day is the birthday of
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, an eminent
Indian engineer (from College Of
Engg., Pune(COEP)) and statesman born in
Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura in
present day Karnataka. He served as the
chief engineer during construction of
Krishna Raja Sagara on the Kaveri River
near Mysore. He also built many dams in
the Bombay presidency (present day
Maharashtra). The dams built by him are
still functional even today, a
testimony to his brilliance, skill, honesty and
dedication.
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