Dr. Kanwar Singh is known as the father of the Rajasthan Canal system. Which of the following statements about him is false ?
He served as the Chief Engineer and Secretary of Irrigation Department in Bikaner Princely State.
Incorrect Answer In 1947, he became the Chief Engineer of Central Water and Electricity Commission.
Incorrect Answer He was Member Secretary and Engineer in the International Macang Project (UNO) in 1961 in the Advisory Board.
Incorrect Answer None of the above
Correct AnswerExplanation:
Kanwar Sen, also spelt as Rai Bahadur Kanwar Sain OBE (1899–1979) was an eminent civil engineer from Rajasthan state in India. He was the Chief Engineer in the Bikaner state who came up with idea of Rajasthan Canal .He successfully implemented Ganga canal project too. He was considered a doyen of irrigation engineering of his time. He was born in 1899 in Tohana in Hisar district (Haryana). He was educated at D.A.V. College, Lahore. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1956. He has written a book called -Reminiscences of an engineer. He was chairman of Central Water and Power Commission, Ministry of Irrigation and Power, Government of India. Kanwar sain and Karpov (1967) presented enveloping curves for Indian rivers.
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By: Pooja Sharda