Why was the colonial government keen on mapping from the early years? Mention two reasons.

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The colonial government keen on mapping from the early years because:

1. The government felt that proper mapping of the places was required to understand the country’s topography and related geographical features.

2. These information regarding the geographical features like location of mountains, rivers, lakes, cities etc, majorly helped the government to plan and set up their defence structure.