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[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Thomas George Montgomerie''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1830–1878) was a [[British people|British]] [[surveying|surveyor]] who participated in the [[Great Trigonometric Survey]] of India as a lieutenant in the 1850s. He was the person to label [[K2]], the second highest mountain in the world, the K standing for [[Karakoram]].<br />
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Despite being often denied close range access, the 19th-century survey work carried out by Montgomerie and the survey of India has been shown to be accurate. The elevations of major summits which they calculated are very close to the elevations which are accepted today.<br />
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He was subsequently involved in attempts to extend the survey of India into [[Tibet]]. Tibet was not part of the [[British Empire]] and was closed to foreigners, so he employed and trained Indians, who entered Tibet disguised as travelling Tibetans, and became known as [[Pundit (explorer)|pundits]].<br />
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In 1867 Major Montgomerie was assigned to [[Peshawar]] where he was tasked with recruiting native agents to explore [[Central Asia]]. Montgomerie recruited a number of individuals to survey [[Chitral]] and [[Badakhshan]], including [[Hyder Shah]], who in 1870 travelled through the princely states of [[Swat (princely state)|Swat]] and [[Dir (princely state)|Dir]] and [[Badakhshan]].<ref name=waller>[[Derek J. Waller]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PYqWhpyoQsoC The Pundits : British exploration of Tibet and Central Asia]. [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]: [[University Press of Kentucky]], 1990.pp. 59-94</ref><br />
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==List of publications==<br />
* T. G. Montgomerie, "A Havildar's Journey through Chitral to Faizabad in 1870," ''[[Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London]]''. vol. 42, 1872, pp.&nbsp;180–201<br />
* Lieut.-Col. T. G. Montgomerie, "Journey to Shigatze, in Tibet and Return by Dingri-Maidan into Nepaul in 1871, by the native Explorer No. 9" ''[[Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London]]'', 1876<br />
* Lieut.-Col. T. G. Montgomerie, "Narrative of an Exploration of the Namcho, or Tengri nur Lake in Great Tibet made by a native Explorer during 1871–2" ''[[Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London]]'', 1876<br />
* Lieut.-Col. T. G. Montgomerie, "Journey from Pitoragarh, In Kumaon, via Jumlah, to Tadum and back, along the Kali Gandak to British Territory" ''[[Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London]]'', 1876<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas George Montgomerie}}<br />
* [http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep10/articles5.htm Rediscovering Nain Singh]<br />
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