Modern figure
M. S. Randhawa
ਮਹਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੰਧਾਵਾمہیندر سنگھ رندھاوا
Administrator and scientist who resettled Partition refugees, drove the Green Revolution from Punjab Agricultural University, and wrote the classic studies of Kangra painting.
Mohinder Singh Randhawa, a botanist by training, joined the Indian Civil Service and after 1947 organised the resettlement of refugees in East Punjab. As vice-chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University he helped bring the new seeds and methods of the Green Revolution to the villages.
He also created Chandigarh's museums and gardens, and wrote and published the books that made the Kangra and Pahari painters known to the world.