A History of Agriculture in India v1.c2.5

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As a pragmatic administrator, Dr Randhawa has rendered great service to the country. Entrusted with the work of rehabilitating refugees in Punjab in 1949 by the State Government, he realized that for these thousands of unfortunate human beings, timeliness in settling them was of the utmost urgency, and he completed this difficult task in record time. As Commissioner of the Ambala Division from 1951 to 1953 and then Development Commissioner of Punjab in 1955, his great work in the rural areas brought him a tremendous amount of popularity and renown. When accompanying Dr Randhawa and Professor Galbraith on a tour of the Kangra Valley when they were making a joint study of the centres where some of the priceless Kangra Valley paintings were done, I had occasion to see for myself the very high esteem and affection in which he was held by the people living in the rural areas. As soon as word reached them that the now legendary Dr Randhawa was going to pass through their area, they flocked in their hundreds to the little towns that we passed on the way, and swarmed around Dr Randhawa, whom they almost smothered with garlands of flowers.