Amul- the biggest Dairy brand in India!

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As India celebrated the National Milk Day yesterday,Her are few words on that:
1. Dr Verghese Kurien is the man who created the milk revolution in the country.
2.Born on November 26, 1921 in Kerala, he passed away on September 9, 2012 in Gujarat.
3. His project called ‘Operation Flood’ was the world’s biggest agricultural development programme.
4. It was his initiative which helped India in becoming the largest milk producer of the world.
5.Milk powder processed from buffalo milk was the a notable invention by AMUL.
6. Later on, he also helped the country become self sufficient" in edible oils.
7.  Film maker, Shyam Benegal made a movie on Kurien ,"Manthan (the churning of the ‘milk ocean’)
8. Kurien helped the movie maker by asking half million farmers to contribute a token of two rupees for the expenses of the movie.
9. Thousand Kudos to this Great Man!