Pandurang Khankhoje
Recently, Lok Sabha Speaker unveiled statue of Maharashtra-born freedom fighter and agriculturalist Pandurang Khankhoje in Mexico.
About Pandurang Khankhoje
- He was born in Wardha, Maharashtra.
- He was an ardent admirer of the French Revolution and of the American War of Independence.
- He was one of the founding members of the Ghadar Party.
- He was appointed a professor at the National School of Agriculture in Chapingo, near Mexico City.
- He researched corn, wheat, pulses and rubber, developing frost and drought-resistant varieties, and was part of efforts to bring in the Green Revolution in Mexico.
- Later on, the American agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, called the Father of ....
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