Peter de Noronha
Indian businessman
Chevalier Peter Bertram Cypriano Castellino de Noronha (19 April 1897 – 24 July 1970) was a businessman and civil servant of Kanpur, India. He was knighted by Pope Paul VI in 1965 for his work for the Christian community in India.
Early history
Peter was born to Claudine Rachel de Noronha and William Constantine, a prominent Goan businessman in Kanpur who owned an auctioneering company. He received his early education from St Mary's High School, Bombay and later from St Joseph's College, Nainital. He excelled in academics and athletics and went on to join the Thomason College of Civil Engineering (the predecessor of IIT Roorkee). He received a gold medal (stood first in the university) in civil engineering in 1918 and won a scholarship for further research, which he refused.
Civil engineer
After leaving Rourkee, he served in World War I in the King George's Own Royal Sappers and Miners where he received a service medal. After the war he joined the Public Works Department as a Class I Engineer (the highest rank).
He was instrumental in building the first bridge across the Ganges River at Haridwar at Har-ki-Pauri Ghat at Haridwar where a plaque in his honour was put up.
His team of engineers also invented a system of reinforced brickwork and flat roof system in the 1920 in Bihar.
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