In India Green Revolution was led by :

The correct answer is M.S. Swaminathan.

Key Points

• In the year 1965, the government of India launched the Green Revolution with the help of a geneticist, now known as the father of the Indian Green revolution  M.S. Swaminathan.
• The Green Revolution is referred to as a period when Indian agriculture was converted to an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technologies.
• It included the use of products like High-Yielding variety seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides, and fertilizers which were not used or used very limitedly.
• Indian agriculture made a transition from old manual methods to new, innovative, and technological methods.
• The movement of the green revolution was a great success that changed the country's status from a food-deficient economy to one of the world's leading agricultural nations.
• This revolution led to an increase in food grain production, in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

Additional Information

• The Indian Green Revolution was part of the global Green Revolution started by Norman Borlaug.
• Norman Borlaug is known as the  Father of the Green Revolution in the world.
• Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his contribution to saving over 1 billion people worldwide from dying of starvation.

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