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Mohammad Noor

Mohammad Noor is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mohammad Noor rather than just read about it. In short: Mohammad Noor (24 June 1901 – 15 January 1979), known by his Indonesian name Pangeran Mohammad Noor and also written as P. M.

Key takeaways

Mohammad Noor belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mohammad Noor to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mohammad Noor from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mohammad Noor (24 June 1901 – 15 January 1979), known by his Indonesian name Pangeran Mohammad Noor and also written as P. M. Noor, was an Indonesian politician, independence fighter and first governor of Kalimantan. He was also member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence and served as the minister of public works between 1956 and 1959.

Early life Mohammad Noor was born on 24 June 1901, in Martapura, South Kalimantan, from an aristocratic family of the Sultanate of Banjar. Mohammad Noor was the great-great-grandson (intah) of the 17th sultan of Banjar, Adam of Banjar. His father Prince Ali, was a district head, called kiai, moving from one city to another. When he reached adulthood, he received a title "Prince" (Pangeran). After graduating from Hollandsch-Inlandsche School in 1917, he continued to Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs and graduated in 1921, then graduated from Hoogere Burgerschool in 1923, and in 1923 entered the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (THS) - a high technical school in Bandung. In 1927, he received the title of Engineer within four years, a year after Sukarno (the first president of the Republic of Indonesia) graduated as an engineer.

Career Pre-independence After graduating Mohammad Noor worked at the Dutch East Indies, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Irrigation Department at Tegal from 1927 to 1929, Malang from 1929 to 1931 and Batavia from 1931 to 1933. Returning to Banjarmasin, he replaced his father as a member of Volksraad, for the region of Banjarmasin. In 1942 during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies he was appointed as head of the irrigation department and in 1945, Deputy Secretary General of the Department of Transportation and Public Works.

Death and honours Noor died in Jakarta on 15 January 1979, 17 days after his wife, Gusti Aminah died. They were buried in Karet Bivak Cemetery before being moved to Sultan Adam Cemetery Complex, Martapura in June 2010. He was awarded the Mahaputera Star Class III in 1973 and declared a National Hero of Indonesia in 2018.

Legacy P. M. Noor is also used in a street name in several cities in Kalimantan, such as Samarinda, Palangka Raya, and Banjarbaru. A hydroelectric power station in Riam Kanan Reservoir was named after him.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mohammad Noor

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mohammad Noor claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mohammad Noor before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mohammad Noor ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mohammad Noor

In research: Mohammad Noor appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mohammad Noor in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mohammad Noor is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1901 births, 1979 deaths, 20th-century civil engineers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mohammad Noor outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mohammad Noor in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mohammad Noor means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Mohammad Noor in simple terms?

Mohammad Noor (24 June 1901 – 15 January 1979), known by his Indonesian name Pangeran Mohammad Noor and also written as P. M.

Why does Mohammad Noor matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mohammad Noor?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mohammad Noor.