CHIDAMBARAM SUBRAMANIAM 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)   About 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.   Links to other pages on this topic  CROSSWORD on the subject  Fill-the-Gaps QUIZ on the subject    VIDEOS Not available as yet.   Fill-the-Gaps QUIZ on History of this day   QUOTES of the day  (on BHAGAVAD GITA)