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Father of White Revolution Verghese Kurien is dead
Sunday September 09, 2012 11:38:47 AM,
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Anand
(Gujarat): Verghese Kurien, who brought milk
revolution in the country, died Sunday in a hospital in Nadiad
following a prolonged illness, an official said. He was 91.
He is survived by wife Molly and daughter Nirmala, said Gujarat
Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Managing Director
R.S. Sodhi.
"He had been ailing with kidney problems since quite some time and
was admitted to a speciality hospital in Nadiad. He passed away
around 2 a.m. today (Sunday)," Sodhi told IANS.
Kurien's body was brought Sunday morning to Anand.
The funeral shall be held at 4 p.m., Sodhi said.
Kurien had served as head of both - National Dairy Development
Board and the GCMMF - for many decades and was the architect of
the White Revolution of the 1970s which catapulted India as among
the top milk producers in the world.
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