Category: HistoryPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
ਹਰੀ ਕ੍ਰਾਂਤੀ
/hari kraanti/Roman
English meaning: Green Revolution
Definition
A period of rapid agricultural development in the 1960s-70s that significantly increased crop production through high-yielding variety seeds, irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides. Punjab was the epicentre of India's Green Revolution, making India self-sufficient in food grains.
Example
“ਹਰੀ ਕ੍ਰਾਂਤੀ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਨਾਜ ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਤਮਨਿਰਭਰ ਬਣਿਆ।”
In English: “Due to the Green Revolution, India became self-sufficient in grain production.”
Literary Heritage
“ਅੱਜ ਆਖਾਂ ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਨੂੰ, ਕਿਤੋਂ ਕਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਬੋਲ।”
/Ajj ākhāṃ Vāris Śāh nū, kitoṃ kabrāṃ viccoṃ bol./
“Today I call to Waris Shah: speak now from your grave.”
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- Language
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- Punjabi
- Script
- Gurmukhi
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- Indo-Aryan
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