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2 unusual facts about White Revolution


Hasan Arsanjani

Later on the shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi forced him to resign and credited himself for introducing the land reform through his White Revolution.

Heidar Arfaa

Senator Arfaa is most notable for authoring legislation of the White Revolution concerning Land Reform, Privatization of Government Enterprises, Women's Suffrage, Nationalization of Forests and Pasturelands, and Profit Sharing for Industrial Workers.


Premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri

He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat and creating the National Dairy Development Board.


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Amul

The White Revolution inspired the notable Indian film-maker Shyam Benegal to base his film Manthan (1976) on it.

Mothers' Bus attack

Sari Nusseibeh called the hijacking a "deplorable act", and said "It's very worrying, because the whole point of the thing is to have a so-called white revolution in which people don't use any arms."