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BHARAT RATNA
As the Minister for Food and
Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green Revolution,
an era of self-sufficiency in food production.
(30 Jan 1910 - 07 Nov 2000)
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He was an Indian politician and
Independence activist.
He served as Minister of Finance and
Minister of Defence in the union cabinet
and later as Governor of Maharashtra.
As the Minister for Food and
Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green
Revolution, an era of self-sufficiency
in food production.
He was an active member of the Civil
disobedience movement against the
British during his college days.
He was imprisoned during the Quit India
Movement in 1942.
He was later elected to the Constituent
Assembly for framing of the Constitution
of India.
He also worked as the Deputy Chairman of
the Planning Commission from May 1971 to
July 1972.
He appointed M. S. Swaminathan, who
played a major role in green revolution
and Verghese Kurien as the chairman of
National Dairy Development Board when he
ushered the Indian White Revolution.
He was honoured with Bharat
Ratna, India's highest civilian
honor, 1998. A commemorative coin of
him, was released by the Government of
India in August 2010. |
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