Mokshagundam Viswesvarayya wuxuu ku dhashay 15kii Sebtember 1861 tuulada Muddenahalli (oo hadda ku taal Degmada Chikkaballapura, laakiin qayb ka ah degmada Kolar waqtigii uu ku dhashay) ee gobolka Amiirnimada ee Mysore (hadda Karnataka), Hindiya. Aabihiis, Mokshagundam Srinivasa Sastry, wuxuu ahaa macalin iskuul ah iyo aqoonyahan caan ah oo Sanskrit ah, halka hooyadiis, Venkatalakshamma, ay ahayd hooyo. Waalidkiis waxay ka soo jeedeen Mokshagundam, oo ah tuulo ku taal degmada Prakasam ee Andhra Pradesh. Su'aal: Goorma ayuu Viswesvarayya dhashay?
15 Sebtember 1861