PUSA is the India's first ever Imperial Agriculture Research Institute

Q.  Which of the following is India's first ever Imperial Agriculture Research Institute?
- Published on 14 Jul 16

a. Banaras Hindu University
b. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
c. G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
d. PUSA Institute

ANSWER: PUSA Institute
 
  • The Cabinet approved amendment to a bill for changing the name of Rajendra Central Agricultural University to 'Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University'.
  • This university is in Pusa, Samstipur, Bihar.
  • It is located in place of the original PUSA Institue.
  • The original PUSA Institute has been shifted to Delhi Campus in 1936. The foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and college was laid by Lord Curzon on the 1st of April, 1905. Pusa received an imperial status in 1918, being renamed as the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
  • After independence it was called Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). It was located in Delhi by then.
  • Bihar Government then built Rajendra Central Agricultural University on PUSA’s location.

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