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Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, KCB (3 January 1802 – 25 January 1871), English engineer and palaeontologist, born in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, is best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal during East India Company rule in India.
Joyce Brown. Published: 01 February 1980 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1980.0008. Abstract. Proby Cautley was the sole projector and executive director of one of the largest irrigation canals ever built in the world, the Ganges Canal, the first new cut made by the British in India.
ROBY CAUTLEY was the sole projector and executive director. of the largest irrigation canals ever built in the world, the. the first new cut made by the British in India. In this respect, he was. pioneers of perennial canal building, begun in Uttar Pradesh and Pakistan in about 1820 and continued well into this century. In.
This article offers an account of the Ganga Canal, constructed in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, under British engineer Proby Cautley, by drawing water from the river Ganga. The paper revisits his motivations and challenges and the scope of his plan to make two arguments.
Learn about Proby Cautley, an English engineer and palaeontologist who built the Ganges canal in India. Explore 36 items related to his life and work, such as photos, maps and documents.
Sir Proby Cautley. Categories: Engineering, History. Countries: India. Image source: en.wikipedia.org. Civil engineer and palaeontologist . FRS. Born Suffolk. Proby was his mother's maiden name. 1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant. Apart from a few years his work there was mainly engineering in nature rather than military.
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SIR PROBY THOMAS CAUTLEY (1802-1871), English engineer and palaeontologist, was born in Suffolk in 1802. After some years' service in the Bengal artillery, which he joined in 1819, he was engaged on the reconstruction of the Doab canal, of which, after it was opened, he had charge for twelve years (1831-1843).
