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M. S. Swaminathan

إم. إس. سواميناثان

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Indian geneticist, plant breeder and administrator, regarded as the main architect of India's Green Revolution: he led the Indian Agricultural Research Institute and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, directed the International Rice Research Institute (1982–1988), received the first World Food Prize (1987), sat in the Rajya Sabha (2007–2013), and was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024, after his death.

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geneticist · agronomist
Region
South Asia
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18751900192519501975200020252050
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Ali Hassan Mwinyi · Muazzez İlmiye Çığ · Walid Khalidi · Ali Yafie · Mufti Abdul Razzaq

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    • M. S. Swaminathan — English Wikipedia
    • M. S. Swaminathan — Arabic Wikipedia
    • M. S. Swaminathan — Urdu Wikipedia
    • M. S. Swaminathan — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “M. S. Swaminathan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/m-s-swaminathan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.

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