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1. Who is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India"?
(a) Norman Borlaug
(b) M.S. Swaminathan
(c) Varghese Kurian
(d) Abdul Kalam
Did you know
1. High-yielding wheat was first introduced to India in 1968 by Norman Borlaug. Borlaug has been hailed as the Father of the Green Revolution.
2. M.S. Swaminathan is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India".
3. From 1972 to 1979 he was director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and he was minister of Agriculture from 1979 to 1980
4. In 1999, Time magazine placed him in the Time 20 list of most influential Asian people of the 20th century
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