Chidambaram Subramaniam

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Chidambaram Subramaniam
Subramaniam in September 1995
Minister of Agriculture
In office 1964–1966
Prime Minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Preceded by	Swaran Singh
Succeeded by	Jagjivan Ram
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
In office 2 May 1971 – 22 July 1972
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	D. R. Gadgil
Succeeded by	Durga Prasad Dhar
Minister of Finance
In office 1975–1977
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by	Haribhai M. Patel
Minister of Defence
In office 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime Minister	Charan Singh
Preceded by	Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded by	Indira Gandhi
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office 2 May 1971 - 10 October 1974
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Ministry created
Governor of Maharashtra
In office 15 February 1990 – 9 January 1993
Preceded by	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Succeeded by	P. C. Alexander
Personal details
Born	(1910-01-30)30 January 1910
Died	7 November 2000(2000-11-07) (aged 90)
Political party	Indian National Congress (Urs)
Alma mater	University of Madras
Awards	Bharat Ratna (1998)

Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) (30 January 1910 – 7 November 2000), was an Indian politician and independence activist. He served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the union cabinet. He later served as the Governor of Maharashtra. As the Minister for Food and Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green Revolution, an era of self-sufficiency in food production along with M. S. Swaminathan, B. Sivaraman and Norman E. Borlaug.^[1] He was awarded Bharat Ratna, Indian's highest civilian award, in 1998, for his role in ushering Green Revolution.