Comments on: History: The Great Trigonometrical Survey

By: Danhoman

Danhoman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0000

I believe we can disagree and search for the truth, if so inclined, without using adjectives such as “vile” and “churlish” I’d like to think that we can better engage in this without he use of such unnecessary words.

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:21:00 +0000

It would be churlish to deny the role of Lambton-Everest who initiated
and led the Great Trigonometric Survey, nurturing such Indian scientists
as they could gather around them, including Shikdhar. Actually if this was to play out today in India, given the societal and political class’s respect for merit, Shikdhar may have never fulfilled his potential
with or without Everest!

By: Dan Homan

Dan Homan — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:07:00 +0000

Yes, I’m familiar with the problems travelling to Nepal at that time. I read about it in Markham’s book and others, but having loaned out that book and not getting it back and not remembering if these names are in his book. I’m not saying you’re wrong. God knows how often we overlook giving credit where credit is due, and sometimes even purposefully and in greed for recognition or more, but I would like to know of other documentation that may help confirm this for me; in other words, is there somewhere other than in you post where I can see this information?
Thanks for following through on this!

By: Ash_kripton

Ash_kripton — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:48:00 +0000

first person who measure hight of mount everest is radhanath shikhdhar. He measure hight as 29000. the local name of mount averest (these name were already exist when britis gave name to this everest) are Chomolungma, Devdhung, Sagarmatha. actully at that time british surveyer were not alowed to go to nepal or tibet. so some local surveyor help to do this work & their names are Kishanshinh (A.K.), Nenshinh (No. 1), Manishinh (G.M.), Sukhdarshanshinh (G.S.S), Lama serap gyatso, Mirza suja (The Mirza), Lala hedar shah (The Havildar), Nemshinh(G.M.N), Atta muhammad(The Mullah), Kithupshinh(K.P.), Kalyanshinh(G.K.), Rinzin namgyal(R.N.), Hariram(No. 9), Lama ugyen gyatso(U.G.), Attaram, Saratchandra das(S.C.D.), Mukhtar shah(M.S.), Alag abdul subhan(A.S.), Abdul hamid. the charachters in bracket was their code name.

By: Danhoman

Danhoman — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Any documentation on Radhanath Shikhdhar? I’m not sure your adjective of “vile” is called for, even if it has been unduly credited to Everest and Waugh. If it is true, is there any evidence that it was purposeful?

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:28:00 +0000

The person who found the tallest mountain on the Earth is one of the greatest Indian surveyor Radhanath Shikhdhar. The vile english historians never gave due credit to this Indian who deserved the credit worth every inch of the mountain’s height. It is very sad that instead Everest and Waugh get all the credits without having anything to do with the actual exploration to find the height of the tallest mountain.

By: Danhoman

Danhoman — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:42:00 +0000

The only documentary on the survey of which I am aware is the one I mentioned in my first post: “K-2: Taller than Everest?” …by the way – an interesting fact – His name is pronounced “EVE-rest”, and I’ve heard that he’d have been quite displeased that we’ve been mispronouncing it!

By: Roland

Roland — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:32:00 +0000

There is a superb documentary on the Metre adventure in France. Is there one on the mapping of India or the work of Everest?

By: Danhoman

Danhoman — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Hi Mac,

I don’t know if this question is for me or not, but I got it in an e-mail today (of which I was greatly suspicious!)

Anyway, I have no bibliography. I did have one book I found on bookfinders.com, but I gave it to my father. I’ll try to remember to check the title and author the next time I see him. I believe the author’s name was something like “Markham”. It’s a reprint of a book from the late nineteenth century titled something like “The Surveys of India”. I first found it, in its original form, at the library of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. I kept looking for a copy of it, and then somewhat miraculously found one on bookfinder. The best book I found, though (also at Temple’s library), was for use in British secondary schools. It was MUCH more recent and in like-new condition. I don’t remember the name, and I’ve never seen it again – even searching for it several times in the Temple library.

By: Danhoman

Danhoman — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:16:00 +0000

Dear Mathaiah,

Please forgive me for not replying sooner. I’m in my late sixties and adjusting slowly to the 21st century!

I’m interested in your comment. As I grow in my faith in my savior and Lord Jesus, I’ve found a desire to try to do what I can to understand and maybe even make up for, at least in some small way, prior wrongs – whether I can be linked to them directly or not.

Can you give me any details about what makes you feel this way? I know that some reasons may be pretty obvious to those who are affected most by them, but from what I’ve seen, the relationship between the British and India does seem to have some significant symbiotic-ness to it, but I could be wrong.

Thanks again … . . . Dan Homan