1. Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first Indian explorers employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia.
11 Facts About Nain Singh
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Nain Singh surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location and altitude of Lhasa in Tibet, and surveyed a large section of Brahmaputra.
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Nain Singh's reports were initially made under the code name Number 9.
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Pundit Nain Singh Rawat was born to Lata Burha in 1830 in Milam village, a Bhotia village at the foot of the Milam glacier on the India-China border in present day Uttarakhand state of India.
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Nain Singh visited different centres in Tibet with him, learned the Tibetan language, customs and manners and became familiar with the Tibetan people.
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Nain Singh learned the use of survey instruments during this expedition.
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Walker travelled to meet with Nain Singh and recruit him and his cousin Mani.
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Nain Singh spent some time in Lhasa as a teacher of accounts before returning to India.
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Nain Singh estimated the position of Lhasa with celestial observations.
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Nain Singh was a cousin of Kishen Singh, another famous pundit explorer.
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On 27 June 2004, an Indian postage stamp featuring Nain Singh was issued commemorating his role in the Great Trigonometric Survey of India.