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{{BLP sources|date = January 2015}}''' Man Singh Rawat''', commonly known as '''Mani Compassi''', was one of the famous Indian explorers (called [[pundit (explorer)|pundits]] by the British), who played a significant role in the exploration of [[Central Asia]] during the "[[Great Game]]" between the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Russians]] in the second half of the 19th century. Mani Singh was the older brother of [[Krishna Singh Rawat]] and older cousin of [[Nain Singh Rawat]], both famous explorers and cartographers, who worked in the [[Great Trigonometrical Survey]] of India. Man Singh was born to a trader named Deb Singh Rawat, in [[Milam, India|Milam]] village on [[Line of Actual Control|India-China border]] now in present day [[Pithoragarh district]].<ref name=study14>Kenneth Mason, 1923, "Kishen Singh and the Indian Explorers", The Geographical Journal, Vol. LXII-July to December.</ref><ref name=study6>Babu Ram Singh Pangtey, 1980, "Johar Ka Itihaas (History of Johar)".</ref><ref name=study4>Peter Hopkirk, 1982, "Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa", [[Oxford University]] Press.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kumauni People]]<br />
* [[Shauka - Johar]]<br />
* [[List of explorers]]<br />
* [[Cartography of India]]<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081009054719/http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/pundit.html Discoverers Web] description of this explorer's activities.<br />
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