Pioneer of white revolution in India, Varghese Kurien was shifted from Muljibhai Patel Urological (MPU) Hospital in Nadiad to Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital.
The 86-year-old, Kurien was admitted to MPU on May 21 due to old age related health problems, hospital sources said in Gujarat on Saturday.
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He was shifted on Friday as his condition had not improved in the last 10 days, according to General Manager of MPU hospital Dr K Bhaskaran.
He was taken by a special chartered plane from Vadodara.
Kurien was the pioneer of the white revolution in the country which helped farmers achieve self-sustenance and better price for milk.
Today, the Amul brand which is his brain child, has international reckoning.
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