<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Verghese Kurien, who brought milk revolution in the country, died today in a hospital in Nadiad following a prolonged illness, an official said. He was 91.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="Verghese Kurien" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2011/nov/Kurien.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><br />   <strong>Verghese Kurien (File pic)</strong></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He is survived by wife Molly and daughter Nirmala, said Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Managing Director RS Sodhi.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;He had been ailing with kidney problems since quite some time and was admitted to a speciality hospital in Nadiad. He passed away around 2 am. today (Sunday),&quot; Sodhi said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Kurien had served as head of both - National Dairy Development Board and the GCMMF - for many decades and was the architect of the White Revolution of the 1970s which catapulted India as among the top milk producers in the world.</div>  

Verghese Kurien, credited with bringing about a milk revolution in India, passed away today at a hospital in Gujarat.

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