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Colin Mackenzie Born in 1754, Colin Mackenzie became famous as an engineer, surveyor and cartographer. In 1815, he appointed the first Surveyor General of India, a post he held till his death in 1821. He embarked on collecting local histories and surveying historic sites in order to better unders tand India's past and make governance of the colony easier. He says that "ir struggled long under the miseries of bad management..before the South came under the benign influence of the British government." By studying Vijaynagar, Mackenzie believed that the East India Company could gain "much useful information on many of these institutions, laws and customs whose influence still prevails among the various Tribes of Natives forming the general mass of the population to this day." Who was the first Surveyor General was of India ? What was his mission in India?

Answer» <html><body><p></p><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/solution-25781" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOLUTION">SOLUTION</a> : Colin <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mackenzie-550391" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MACKENZIE">MACKENZIE</a> was frst Surveyor Gencla of India from 1815 to 1821. <br/> His mission was to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/study-1230645" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STUDY">STUDY</a> the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/past-1148648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAST">PAST</a> of India so as to know better the country which would make it easier to govern. He studied various archaeological <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sites-25500" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SITES">SITES</a> and histories.</body></html>


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