{"id":125957,"date":"2022-11-26T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=125957"},"modified":"2022-11-26T12:53:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:23:27","slug":"india-celebrates-national-milk-day-on-26th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-celebrates-national-milk-day-on-26th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"India Celebrates National Milk Day on 26th November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>India Celebrates National Milk Day on 26th November:<\/strong> Every year on November 26th, National Milk Day is observed to highlight the importance and benefits of milk.<strong> <\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Milk<\/strong>\u00a0day is a special day that is observed to spread awareness among people about the<strong>\u00a0importance and need for milk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-november-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India Celebrates National Milk Day on 26th November- Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Milk Day is observed on the birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien, also known as the &#8220;Father of the White Revolution.&#8221; The value of milk in human life is highlighted on National Milk Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The day was chosen as the&nbsp;National Milk Day&nbsp;by the dairy majors of the country including the&nbsp;National Dairy Development Board&nbsp;(NDDB), the&nbsp;Indian Dairy Association&nbsp;(IDA), along with the milk federation of 22 states.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2014, the Indian Dairy Association took the initiative to celebrate National Milk Day for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Dr. Verghese Kurien<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In India, Verghese Kurien is known as the &#8220;Father of the White Revolution.&#8221; He was a social entrepreneur whose vision of the&nbsp;\u201cBillion-Litre Idea\u201d, Operation flood, made dairy farming India\u2019s largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income. 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