Importance Events of Agriculture In India
1. First attempt at cotton crop improvement in Bombay province. 1788
2. First agricultural society at Calcutta 1827
3. First model agricultural farm at Saidapet, Tamil Nadu 1864
4. Department of Agriculture created 1871
5. Higher Education in Agriculture at Coimbatore 1878
6. First Report of Famine Commission (Famine during 1876- 77 1880
7. Second report of Famine Commission 1893
8. Third report of Famine Commission 1901
9. First Irrigation Commission 1901
10. Introduction of large scale cultivation of groundnut 1902
11. Imperial Agricultural research Institute at Pusa, Bihar 1903
12. Introduction of Cambodia cotton 1904
13. Imperial Sugarcane Breeding Station at Coimbatore 1912
14. Royal Commission on Agriculture 1926
15. Imperial (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research at Delhi 1929
16. IARI shifted to Delhi 1936
17. Grow More Food Campaign 1942
18. Central Rice Research Institute 1946
19. Fertilisers and Chemicals, Travancore 1947
20. Project for Intensification of Regional Research on Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRRCOM) 1956
21. Intensive Agriculture District Programme (IADP) 1960
22. National Seed Corporation 1963
23. Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IIAP) 1965
24. First attempt at cotton crop improvement in Bombay province. 1788
25. First agricultural society at Calcutta 1827
26. First model agricultural farm at Saidapet, Tamil Nadu 1864
27. Department of Agriculture created 1871
28. Higher Education in Agriculture at Coimbatore 1878
29. First Report of Famine Commission (Famine during 1876- 77 1880
30. Second report of Famine Commission 1893
31. Third report of Famine Commission 1901
32. First Irrigation Commission 1901
33. Introduction of large scale cultivation of groundnut 1902
34. Imperial Agricultural research Institute at Pusa, Bihar 1903
35. Introduction of Cambodia cotton 1904
36. Imperial Sugarcane Breeding Station at Coimbatore 1912
37. Royal Commission on Agriculture 1926
38. Imperial (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research at Delhi 1929
39. IARI shifted to Delhi 1936
40. Grow More Food Campaign 1942
41. Central Rice Research Institute 1946
42. Fertilisers and Chemicals, Travancore 1947
43. Project for Intensification of Regional Research on Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRRCOM) 1956
44. Intensive Agriculture District Programme (IADP) 1960
45. National Seed Corporation 1963
46. Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IIAP) 1965
47. First attempt at cotton crop improvement in Bombay province. 1788
48. First agricultural society at Calcutta 1827
49. First model agricultural farm at Saidapet, Tamil Nadu 1864
50. Department of Agriculture created 1871
51. Higher Education in Agriculture at Coimbatore 1878
52. First Report of Famine Commission (Famine during 1876- 77 1880
53. Second report of Famine Commission 1893
54. Third report of Famine Commission 1901
55. First Irrigation Commission 1901
56. Introduction of large scale cultivation of groundnut 1902
57. Imperial Agricultural research Institute at Pusa, Bihar 1903
58. Introduction of Cambodia cotton 1904
59. Imperial Sugarcane Breeding Station at Coimbatore 1912
60. Royal Commission on Agriculture 1926
61. Imperial (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research at Delhi 1929
62. IARI shifted to Delhi 1936
63. Grow More Food Campaign 1942
64. Central Rice Research Institute 1946
65. Fertilisers and Chemicals, Travancore 1947
66. Project for Intensification of Regional Research on Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRRCOM) 1956
67. Intensive Agriculture District Programme (IADP) 1960
68. National Seed Corporation 1963
69. Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IIAP) 1965
70. National Demonstration Programme 1965
71. All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project, Hyderabad 1965
72. HYV Programme 1966
73. Multiple Cropping Schemes 1966
74. Drought Prone Area Programme 1970
75. All India Coordinated Project for Dryland Agriculture 1971
76. ICRISAT 1972
77. Minikit Trails Programme 1973
78. Command Area Development 1974
79. Release of first cotton hybrid in India 1975
80. Report of National Commission on Agriculture 1976
81. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) 1976
82. Training and Visit (T&V) System 1977
83. National Agriculture Research Project (NARP) 1979
85. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) 1982
86. Establishment of Technology mission on oilseeds 1986
87. Release of First rice hybrid in India 1993
88. National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) 1998
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