Mount Everest has been named after Colonel George Everest who was:

Mount Everest has been named after Colonel George Everest who was:

  • (A) Commandant of 1st Mountain Infantry Unit
  • (B) A Commander of Golscha Brigade
  • (C) A political agent of NWFP
  • (D) Surveyor General of India
The name Mount Everest was given to the mountain in 1865 in honor of Sir George Everest, the Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. He was a British surveyor and geographer, and he was behind the bold initiative to survey the entire Indian subcontinent in a scientific manner, referred to as the Great Trigonometrical Survey.
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