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Detailed explanation-1: -Flooding a dairy-deficient country with milk. In 1970, India set in motion the ‘White Revolution’, the world’s biggest dairy development program, led by Dr. Verghese Kurien.

Detailed explanation-2: -White revolution is the ‘operation flood’ programme taken up by the Indian government. This was introduced to increase the milk production in India. It encouraged Indian dairy farmers to keep and manage more dairy animals for increasing production of milk. Q.

Detailed explanation-3: -Padma Vibhushan Dr Verghese Kurien, ‘Father of White Revolution in India’, left for his heavenly abode on 9th September 2012 at the age of 90. Dr Kurien born at Kozhikode in Kerala on 26th November 1921, completed the Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1943 from Madras University.

Detailed explanation-4: -The revolution associated with a sharp increase in milk production in the country is called the White Revolution in India also known as Operation Flood.

Detailed explanation-5: -The concept quickly spread across India, making India the world’s “biggest milk producer.” So, the white revolution started in Gujarat. Note: The White Revolution’s father was Verghese Kurien. He founded Amul, which is one of India’s leading milk producers.