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Sep 15, 2020, 5 tweets

Last year, same day! โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

#EngineersDay

Me : Why is it called #EngineersDay today?

@RahulGandhi : Because it is the birthday of ...

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#CannotAbleTo ๐Ÿ˜‚

Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya is probably the only Indian in whose honour there are four different special postage covers and stamps. I could be wrong. I don't know of any other Indian with this honour. โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

We have had thousands, (or is it lakhs, by now? ๐Ÿค”) of engineers. But nobody's contribution to the nation's development comes close to that of Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya's. ๐Ÿ™

What happened to today's engineers? Working as slaves in foreign companies for a few $ extra! ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Circa 1961. Elite Studios. Bangalore. Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya looking at the making of his bust. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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