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 1900—2000
Events that impacted North India
THE GREEN
REVOLUTION
The
story of the progress of Punjab's agriculture in the post-Partition
period is still fresh in memory. Punjabi and Haryanavi farmers adopted
new technologies to create the "first" Green Revolution in the
mid-1960s. They transformed rural Punjab by adding buoyancy to the
region's economy. But what now, asks P.P.S. Gill
THE
LAST century saw the partition of India and the accompanying bloodshed
and mass migration of population. It also saw the resilience of the
Punjabis,who, after being displaced cruely, quickly grew their roots
afresh and went on to share the fruits of their labour with the rest of
the country.
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