Key facts
- Born
- 30 January 1910, Pollachi
- Died
- 7 November 2000, Chennai
- State of birth
- Pollachi, Tamil Nadu
- Sector
- Politics & governance
- Profession
- Indian politician (1910-2000)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Chidambaram Subramaniam was an Indian politician and independence activist. He served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the union cabinet. He later served as the Governor of Maharashtra. As the Minister for Food and Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green Revolution, an era of self-sufficiency in food production along with M. S. Swaminathan, B. Sivaraman and Norman E. Borlaug. He was awarded Bharat Ratna, Indian's highest civilian award, in 1998, for his role in ushering Green Revolution.
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Timeline
- 1910Born in Pollachi
- 1946Becomes Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
- 1962Becomes Member of the Lok Sabha
- 1964Becomes Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- 1971Becomes Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
- 1974Becomes Minister of Finance
- 1979Becomes Minister of Defence
- 1990Becomes Governor of Maharashtra
- 1998Awarded the Bharat Ratna
- 2000Dies in Chennai
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- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5