Chidambaram Subramaniam

C. Subramaniam ( Chidambaram Subramaniam, born January 30, 1910 in Senguttaipalayam, Madras, † November 7, 2000 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ) was an Indian politician of the Congress Party. He is considered the father of the "Green Revolution " of his country.

Life

Subramaniam was born the son of Chidambara Gounder and his wife in the village Senguttaipalayam in the southern Indian district Coimbatore. He went to Pollachi to school. In Chennai, he graduated from the Presidency College as a BSc in Physics.

Under C. Rajagopalachari, he learned the basic rules of politics and administration. C. Subramaniam, was involved in the creation of the Constitution of India, which came into force in 1950. From 1952 to 1962 he was repeatedly Minister ( of Education, Justice and Finance ) and parliamentary leaders in the state of Madras. Subramaniam was elected in 1962 in the Lok Sabha ( Lower House of Indian Parliament ) and was Minister of Steel and Mines. He held in his political career more ministerial posts. As Minister of Agriculture ( 1964-67 ) drove from 1965, the "Green Revolution" forward whose success was demonstrated by 1972 in a record harvest of wheat. During the emergency period in the late 1970s he was Finance Minister of India.

In 1990 he was appointed Governor of Maharashtra, but was forced to resign in 1993 after a newspaper reporter happens to be a loose remark Subramaniams about the style of the then Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao was listening.

As a result, Subramaniam was further represented in public life. So Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, he led and the Ramakrishna Mission.

In 1998, C. Subramaniam was awarded the highest Indian National Order Bharat Ratna.