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Why <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong>• Bengal Famine 1943, four million died of hunger• Cause: an epidemic of brown spot disease Cochliobolusmiyabeanus -acute shortfall in food production ??• Amartya Sen“Result of hysteria related to World War II “• India haunted by memories of the Bengal Famine.• Food security paramount item on free India's agenda.• Led to the <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong> in India and legislativemeasures .

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