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TIL The Great Trigonometrical Survey was a project carried out to survey across entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. It began in 1802 and lasted till 1918. Many accomplishments of this were the measurement of Himalayas, first measure of arc of longitude, theories of isostasy etc.

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