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	The '''Surveyor General of India''' is the Head of Department of [[Survey of India]], ~~a Department~~ under the Ministry of Science and Technology of [[Government of India]]. He also ~~happens to be~~ the senior ~~most~~ member of the [[Survey of India Service]], an ~~organized~~ engineering service under the Union of India.		The '''Surveyor General of India''' is the Head of Department of [[Survey of India]], A department under the Ministry of Science and Technology of [[Government of India]]. The Surveyor General is also the most senior member of the [[Survey of India Service]], an organised engineering service under the Union of India.

	The current Surveyor General is ~~Sh.~~ Naveen Tomar.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/view/11/77-surveyor-generals-of-india-since-independence~~\|title=Surveyor ~~Generals - since establishment: Survey of India~~\|first=Government of India\|last=atanun@indusnet.co.in\|website=www.surveyofindia.gov.in}}</ref>		The current Surveyor General is Naveen Tomar.<ref>{{cite web\|url=\|title=Officers at Surveyor General's Office\|first=Government of India\|last=atanun@indusnet.co.in\|website=www.surveyofindia.gov.in}}</ref>

	==Surveyors General==		==Surveyors General==
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	*1951–1956: Ian Henry Richard Wilson		*1951–1956: Ian Henry Richard Wilson
	*1956–1961: Gambhir Singh		*1956–1961: Gambhir Singh
	*May 1961 ~~- Dec~~ 1961 : (#) Col Rajendar Singh Kalha		*May 1961 – December 1961: (#) Col Rajendar Singh Kalha
	*~~Jan~~ 1962 ~~- Apr~~ 1962 : Eustace Randolf Wilson		*January 1962 – April 1962: Eustace Randolf Wilson
	*May 1962 - June 1966 : Brig Gambhir Singh		*May 1962 – June 1966: Brig Gambhir Singh
	*July 1966 ~~- Aug~~ 1969 : Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal		*July 1966 – August 1969: Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal
	*~~Sept~~ 1969 - June 1971 : (#) Brig Jamshed A.F. Dalal		*September 1969 – June 1971: (#) Brig Jamshed A.F. Dalal
	*July 1971 ~~- Apr~~ 1972 : Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal		*July 1971 – April 1972: Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal
	*May 1972 ~~- Mar~~ 1976 : (#) Dr Hari Narain, Padam Shri		*May 1972 – March 1976: (#) Dr Hari Narain, Padam Shri
	*Apr 1976 ~~- Nov~~ 1981 : Lt Gen Kishori Lal Khosla		*Apr 1976 – November 1981: Lt Gen Kishori Lal Khosla
	*~~Dec~~ 1981 ~~- Jan~~ 1988 : Lt Gen Girish Chandra Agarwal		*December 1981 – January 1988: Lt Gen Girish Chandra Agarwal
	*~~Feb~~ 1988 ~~- Dec~~ 1988 : (#) Maj Gen D M Gupta		*February 1988 – December 1988: (#) Maj Gen D M Gupta
	*~~Jan~~ 1989 ~~- Nov~~ 1990 : Lt Gen Surinder Mohan Chadha		*January 1989 – November 1990: Lt Gen Surinder Mohan Chadha
	*~~Dec~~ 1990 ~~- Mar~~ 1991 : (#) A K Sanyal		*December 1990 – March 1991: (#) A K Sanyal
	*~~Apr~~ 1991 - June 1992 : Vinay Kant Nagar		*April 1991 – June 1992: Vinay Kant Nagar
	*July 1992 ~~- Dec~~ 1992 : Lt Gen C B Jhaldiyal		*July 1992 – December 1992: Lt Gen C B Jhaldiyal
	*~~Jan~~ 1993 ~~- Apr~~ 1994 : (#) Maj Gen D P Gupta		*January 1993 – April 1994: (#) Maj Gen D P Gupta
	*May 1994 - July 1994 : (#) P R Dutta		*May 1994 – July 1994: (#) P R Dutta
	*~~Aug~~ 1994 ~~- Sept~~ 1994 : (#) B B Sinha		*August 1994 – September 1994: (#) B B Sinha
	*~~Oct~~ 1994 - July 1996 : (#) Maj Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta		*October 1994 – July 1996: (#) Maj Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta
	*~~Aug~~ 1996 ~~- Mar~~ 1997 : Lt Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta		*August 1996 – March 1997: Lt Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta
	*~~Apr~~ 1997 ~~- Mar~~ 2001 : Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja		*April 1997 – March 2001: Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja
	*~~Apr~~ 2001 ~~- Nov~~ 2001 : Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja (on Extn)		*April 2001 – November 2001: Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja (on Extn)
	*~~Dec~~ 2001 ~~- Feb~~ 2005 : Dr Prithvish Nag (on Deputation)		*December 2001 – February 2005: Dr Prithvish Nag (on Deputation)
	*~~Mar~~ 2005 - June 2005 : ~~Post Remain~~ Vacant		*March 2005 – June 2005: Vacant
	*July 2005 ~~- Mar~~ 2007 : Maj Gen M Gopal Rao		*July 2005 – March 2007: Maj Gen M Gopal Rao
	*~~Apr~~ 2007 ~~- Dec~~ 2007 : Maj Gen M Gopal Rao (on contract)		*April 2007 – December 2007: Maj Gen M Gopal Rao (on contract)
	*~~Jan~~ 2008 - June 2008 : (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar		*January 2008 – June 2008: (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar
	*01~~-07-~~2008 - 13~~-07-~~2008 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST		*01 July 2008 – 13 July 2008: (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
	*14~~-07-~~2008 ~~- Oct~~ 2008 : (#) Dr Prithvish Nag		*14 July 2008 – October 2008: (#) Dr Prithvish Nag
	*~~Nov~~ 2008 - July 2009 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST		*November 2008 – July 2009: (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
	*~~Aug~~ 2009 ~~- Sept~~ 2009 : (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar		*August 2009 – September 2009: (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar
	*~~Oct~~ 2009 ~~- Nov~~ 2009 : (#) Maj Gen Manoj Tayal		*October 2009 – November 2009: (#) Maj Gen Manoj Tayal
	*~~Nov~~ 2009 - 24~~-08-~~2010 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST		*November 2009 – 24 August 2010: (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
	*25~~-08-~~2010 - 30~~-04-~~2015 : Dr Swarna Subba Rao		*25 August 2010 – 30 April 2015: Dr Swarna Subba Rao
	*01~~-05-~~2015 - 07~~-04-~~2016 : (#) Rajendra Mani Tripathi		*01 May 2015 – 07 April 2016: (#) Rajendra Mani Tripathi
	*08~~-04-~~2016 - 30~~-06-~~2017: Dr Swarna Subba Rao		*08 April 2016 – 30 June 2017: Dr Swarna Subba Rao
	*01~~-07-~~2017 - 30~~-09-~~2017 : (#) Maj Gen VP Srivastava		*01 July 2017 – 30 September 2017: (#) Maj Gen VP Srivastava
	*01~~-10-~~2017 - 30~~-01-~~2018 : (#) Maj Gen Girish Kumar		*01 October 2017 – 30 January 2018: (#) Maj Gen Girish Kumar
	*31~~-01-~~2018 - 31~~-12-~~2019 : Lt Gen Girish Kumar, VSM		*31 January 2018 – 31 December 2019: Lt Gen Girish Kumar, VSM
	*01~~-01-~~2020 - 14~~-01-~~2020 : (#) Sh Naveen Tomar		*01 January 2020 – 14 January 2020: (#) Sh Naveen Tomar
	*15~~-01-~~2020- 15~~-01-~~2021 : (On Contract) Lt Gen (Retd) Girish Kumar, VSM		*15 January 2020 – 15 January 2021: (On Contract) Lt Gen (Retd) Girish Kumar, VSM
	*16~~-01-~~2021 ~~- till date~~ : (#) Sh Naveen Tomar		*16 January 2021 – present: (#) Sh Naveen Tomar
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The '''Surveyor General of India''' is the Head of Department of [[Survey of India]], a Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology of [[Government of India]]. He also happens to be the senior most member of the [[Survey of India Service]], an organized engineering service under the Union of India.

The current Surveyor General is Sh. Naveen Tomar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/view/11/77-surveyor-generals-of-india-since-independence|title=Surveyor Generals - since establishment: Survey of India|first=Government of India|last=atanun@indusnet.co.in|website=www.surveyofindia.gov.in}}</ref>

==Surveyors General==
The East India Company appointed [[James Rennell]] to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767. Lord Clive appointed him as Surveyor General. [[Colin Mackenzie]] was appointed Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810, but these posts were abolished in 1815 and Mackenzie was made the first Surveyor General of India.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rennell and the Surveyors of India|author=Heaney, G.F.|journal=The Geographical Journal|volume=134|issue=3| year=1968|pages=318–325|doi=10.2307/1792959|jstor=1792959}}</ref>
A list of Surveyor Generals and their tenure:<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rajeshkochhar.com/2012/07/surveyor-generals-in-british-india1767-1884/ | title=Surveyors General in British India|accessdate= 2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/92243419/Surveyor-Generals-Name|title = Surveyor Generals Names|publisher= scribd|accessdate = 2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://kol.indusnettechnologies.com/surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/view/11/77-surveyor-generals-of-india-since-independence/ | title=Survey of India - Surveyor General since Independence establishment|accessdate= 2013-01-10}}</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*1815–1821: [[Colin Mackenzie]]
*1821–1823: John Hodgson
*1823–1826: [[Valentine Blacker]]
*1826–1829: John Hodgson
*1829–1830: Henry Walpole
*1830–1843: [[George Everest|Sir George Everest]]
*1843–1861: [[Andrew Scott Waugh]]
*1861–1878: [[Henry Edward Landor Thuillier]]
*1878–1883: [[James Walker (Surveyor General)|James Thomas Walker]]
*1884–1887: George Charles Depree
*1887–1895: [[Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier]]
*1895–1899: Charles Strahan
*1899–1904: [[St George Corbet Gore]]
*1904–1911: Colonel [[Francis Bacon Longe]]
*1911–1919: [[Sidney Gerald Burrard]]
*1919–1924: [[Charles Henry Dudley Ryder]]
*1924–1928: Edward Aldborough Tandy
*1928–1933: Robert Henry Thomas
*1933–1937: Harold John Couchman
*1937–1941: Sir Clinton Gresham Lewis
*1941–1946: [[Edward Oliver Wheeler|Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler]]
*1946–1951: George Frederick Heaney
*1951–1956: Ian Henry Richard Wilson
*1956–1961: Gambhir Singh
*May 1961 - Dec 1961 : (#) Col Rajendar Singh Kalha
*Jan 1962 - Apr 1962 : Eustace Randolf Wilson
*May 1962 - June 1966 : Brig Gambhir Singh
*July 1966 - Aug 1969 : Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal
*Sept 1969 - June 1971 : (#) Brig Jamshed A.F. Dalal
*July 1971 - Apr 1972 : Brig Jitindar Singh Paintal
*May 1972 - Mar 1976 : (#) Dr Hari Narain, Padam Shri
*Apr 1976 - Nov 1981 : Lt Gen Kishori Lal Khosla
*Dec 1981 - Jan 1988 : Lt Gen Girish Chandra Agarwal
*Feb 1988 - Dec 1988 : (#) Maj Gen D M Gupta
*Jan 1989 - Nov 1990 : Lt Gen Surinder Mohan Chadha
*Dec 1990 - Mar 1991 : (#) A K Sanyal
*Apr 1991 - June 1992 : Vinay Kant Nagar
*July 1992 - Dec 1992 : Lt Gen C B Jhaldiyal
*Jan 1993 - Apr 1994 : (#) Maj Gen D P Gupta
*May 1994 - July 1994 : (#) P R Dutta
*Aug 1994 - Sept 1994 : (#) B B Sinha
*Oct 1994 - July 1996 : (#) Maj Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta
*Aug 1996 - Mar 1997 : Lt Gen Surinder Prakash Mehta
*Apr 1997 - Mar 2001 : Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja
*Apr 2001 - Nov 2001 : Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Ahuja (on Extn)
*Dec 2001 - Feb 2005 : Dr Prithvish Nag (on Deputation)
*Mar 2005 - June 2005 : Post Remain Vacant
*July 2005 - Mar 2007 : Maj Gen M Gopal Rao
*Apr 2007 - Dec 2007 : Maj Gen M Gopal Rao (on contract)
*Jan 2008 - June 2008 : (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar
*01-07-2008 - 13-07-2008 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
*14-07-2008 - Oct 2008 : (#) Dr Prithvish Nag
*Nov 2008 - July 2009 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
*Aug 2009 - Sept 2009 : (#) Maj Gen R S Tanwar
*Oct 2009 - Nov 2009 : (#) Maj Gen Manoj Tayal
*Nov 2009 - 24-08-2010 : (#) Dr T Ramaswami, DST
*25-08-2010 - 30-04-2015 : Dr Swarna Subba Rao
*01-05-2015 - 07-04-2016 : (#) Rajendra Mani Tripathi
*08-04-2016 - 30-06-2017: Dr Swarna Subba Rao
*01-07-2017 - 30-09-2017 : (#) Maj Gen VP Srivastava
*01-10-2017 - 30-01-2018 : (#) Maj Gen Girish Kumar
*31-01-2018 - 31-12-2019 : Lt Gen Girish Kumar, VSM
*01-01-2020 - 14-01-2020 : (#) Sh Naveen Tomar
*15-01-2020- 15-01-2021 : (On Contract) Lt Gen (Retd) Girish Kumar, VSM
*16-01-2021 - till date : (#) Sh Naveen Tomar
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==See also==
* [[Superintending Surveyor]]
* [[Trigonometrical Survey of India]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |last=Edney |first=Matthew H. |title=Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LF_FBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 |date=15 February 2009 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-18486-9 |ref={{sfnref|Edney, Mapping an Empire}}}}
* {{citation |last=Phillimore |first=R. H. |title=Historical Records of the Survey of India (five volumes) |date=1954 |publisher=Survey of India |via=archive.org}}
** [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210554 Volume I, 18th century]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210552 Volume II, 1800 to 1815]; [https://archive.org/details/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol3ByColRHPhillimore Volume III, 1815 to 1830]; [https://archive.org/details/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol4ByPhillimore Volume IV, 1830 to 1843]; [https://archive.org/details/1968-historical-records-of-survey-of-india-vol-5-by-phillimore-s-volume-v Volume V, 1844 to 1861]

== External links ==
* [http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/view/11/77-surveyor-generals-of-india-since-independence Official list of Surveyors General]

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