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SIR MOKSHAGUNDAM
VIShwEShwARAYA
Designation Father of Civil Engineering, India
Profession Civil Engineer, Politician
Birth 15 September 1860
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Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapura,
Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Death 12 April 1962 (aged 102)
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Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Religion Hinduism
Alma Mater College of Engineering Pune
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of
the Indian Empire (KCIE), 1915
Nation’s Highest Honor, Bharat
Ratna, 1955
