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Verghese Kurien, the Milkman of India, is linked with which dairy cooperative town?
AErode, Tamil Nadu
BAnand, Gujarat
CNagpur, Maharashtra
DKarnal, Haryana
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Anand, Gujarat
1. Kurien built the Gujarat milk federation.
2. Amul is based in Anand.
3. About two and a half million producers joined.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 3, Politics of Planned Development._
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