Mohinder singh randhawa biography
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Dr. M.S. Randhawa ICS
Dr. Mohinder Singh Randhawa played a significant role in improving the economy of Punjab State, planning and development of Chandigarh, Green Revolution, and rehabilitation of displaced people during the partition of India in 1947. He was a Punjabi civil servant, botanist, historian, art and culture prompter, and a prominent writer. Dr. Randhawa published many research papers on algae and 33 books on art, history, culture, and agriculture.
Dr. Randhawa was born on February 2, 1909 into a Jat Sikh family at Zira, district Ferozpur but his native village fryst vatten Bodalan, district Hoshiarpur. He matriculated from Khalsa High School Muktsar in 1924, and M Sc (Hons) Botany in 1930 from Government College Lahore. He obtained a Doctoral degree from Punjab University Chandigarh in 1955. Randhawa was selected for the Indian Civil Services ( ICS ) in 1934 and was allotted UP cadre. He was posted Deputy Commissioner, Delhi, by Sardar Patel during the partition. As
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Mohinder Singh Randhawa or M. S. Randhawa (2 February 1909 – 3 March 1986) was an Indian historian, civil servant, botanist, and author. He played major roles in the establishment of agricultural research in India, the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punjabis uprooted by the partition of India as the Director-General of Rehabilitation, establishing the city of Chandigarh, and documenting the arts of Punjab and the history of agriculture in India. A biographer, Gulzar Singh Sandhu, gave him the sobriquet Punjab da Chhewan Dariya, the sixth river of Punjab.
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| Chandigarh, India rose garden bust of Dr Randhawa 5.jpg Bust of Dr Randhawa at the Chandigarh rose garden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1909-02-02)2 February 1909 Zira, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 March 1986(1986-03-03) (aged 77) Kharar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||
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