How Hyderabad got ICRISAT
The Hindu
Rain in the city before the study team’s visit proved to be a clincher to locate the research facility
It was one of the first battles between Bangalore and Hyderabad that the city won without Twitter diplomacy.
In early 1971, the international Feasibility Study Team for establishing International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) visited seven locations in Africa and five in India. Bangalore was a front runner as climate and soil conditions were the main factors for locating the research facility.
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