Chidambaram Subramaniam, born January 30, 1910, and died November 7, 2000, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the union cabinet and later as Governor of Maharashtra. His most significant role was as Minister for Food and Agriculture from 1964 to 1967, during which he introduced high-yielding seed varieties and expanded fertilizer application, helping usher in the Indian Green Revolution alongside M. S. Swaminathan, B. Sivaraman and Norman Borlaug and contributing to record wheat production by 1972. He was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1998 for his role in the Green Revolution.
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Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) (30 January 1910
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7 November 2000) was an Indian politician and independence activist.
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was an Indian politician and independence activist
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