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Pandurang Khankhoje statue
August 25 , 2022
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- Speaker Om Birla will unveil a statue of the freedom fighter and agricultural scientist Pandurang Khankhoje during his visit to Mexico.
- He was a Maharashtra-born freedom fighter and agriculturalist.
- Khankhoje was one of the founding members of the Ghadar Party.
- The Mexican Revolution of 1910 had led to the overthrow of the dictatorial regime, and this inspired Khankhoje.
- He also reached out to Indians working on farms in the US with the aim of discussing the idea of Indian independence with them.
- He reached out to Bhikaji Cama in Paris, and met with Vladimir Lenin in Russia among other leaders, seeking support for the Indian cause.
- However, as he was facing possible deportation from Europe and could not go to India, he sought shelter in Mexico.
- He was appointed a professor at the National School of Agriculture in Chapingo, near Mexico City.
- He researched corn, wheat, pulses and rubber, developing frost and drought-resistant varieties.
- He was revered as an agricultural scientist in Mexico and was part of efforts to bring in the Green Revolution in Mexico.
- Pandurang returned to India after 1947.
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