| 词条 | G. R. Blane |
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AncestryBlane was born in 1791 to Sir Gilbert Blane, and died aged 30 years on 1 May 1821.[1] EducationBlane was educated at Charterhouse School, and in 1804 (aged 13 years) he joined Royal Military College, Marlow as a cadet of East India Company.[1] Career at East India CompanyHe had joined the department of line but due to his excellence in mathematics he was transferred to the ordinance department where he attracted the positive attention of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger.[1] After completing his education at Wolwich in 1907, aged 16 years he arrived in India to serve in the Indian Army Corps of Engineers under the Bengal Engineer Group. He surveyed Cuttack, Nepal, foothills of Himalaya and he desilted and remodeled Western Yamuna Canal.[1] Western Yamuna Canal{{main|Western Yaumna Canal}}The earlier Prithviraj Chauhan era or possibly earlier, pre-existing canal was dug out and renovated in 1335 CE by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, excessive silting caused it to stop flowing in 1750 CE, the British raj undertook a three-year renovation and remodeling of Western Yamuna Canal in 1817 by Captain GR Blane or Bengal Engineer Group, he died in 1821 CE and in 1832-33 Tajewala Barrage dam at Yaumna was built to regulate the flow of water.[6][2][3] See also{{div col}}
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=The Annual biography and obituary|date=1823|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=NG4EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA434|page=434|accessdate=2016-04-09}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blabe, GR}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Western_Yamuna_Canal_Major_Irrigation_Project_JI01653 |title=Western Yamuna Canal Major Irrigation Project JI01653 - |publisher=india-wris.nrsc.gov.in|accessdate=2016-04-09}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=Students' Britannica India, Volumes 1-5 |last=Hoiberg |first=Dale|authorlink= |year=2000|publisher= Popular Prakashan|location= |isbn=0-85229-760-2|pages=290–291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DPP7O3nb3g0C&pg=PA290&dq=Yamuna+River#v=onepage&q=Yamuna%20River&f=false |ref= }} 6 : 1791 births|1821 deaths|British East India Company Army officers|Canals in Haryana|Irrigation in Haryana|Canals in Hisar district |
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