Indian art historian and botanist (1909-1986).
Mohinder Singh Randhawa or M. S. Randhawa (2 February 1909 – 3 March 1986) was an Indian historian, civil servant, botanist, and author. He played major roles in the establishment of agricultural research in India, the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punjabis uprooted by the partition of India as the Director-General of Rehabilitation, establishing the city of Chandigarh, and documenting the arts of Punjab and the history of agriculture in India. A biographer, Gulzar Singh Sandhu, gave him the sobriquet Punjab da Chhewan Dariya, the sixth river of Punjab.
Abbreviations: Randhawa
Occupations: scientist, historian, civil servant, botanist, art historian, writer, agronomist
Citizenships: Dominion of India, India, British Raj
Languages: English
Dates: 1909-02-02T00:00:00Z – 1986-03-03T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Zira
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi