In 1963 there was only one Punjab, though a lot of it had gone to Pakistan. The spirit was: we can do it, and do it better than anybody anywhere. Nothing but the best was good enough. That is what had brought about the building of CHANDIGARH and the BHAKRA DAM. But on the food front we were still a deficit nation. A lot of foreign exchange (and self-respect) went in obtaining foodgrains to keep the burgeoning population from starvation. That was the raison d’etre for the agricultural universities all over the country.
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