Complex sentence: Originally created in 1884, when Major General Richard Sankey was the then British Chief Engineer of Mysore state, it covered an area of and subsequent expansion has taken place and the area reported now is about.
Split into simpler sentences: Originally created in 1884, when Major General Richard Sankey was the British Chief Engineer of Mysore state. At first, t covered an area of although subsequent expansion has taken place and the area reported now is about.