_______ remained the mainstay of the Green Revolution for years in India.

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The Green Revolution was an endeavour initiated by Norman Borlaug in the 1960s.
He is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution' in world.'
In India, the Green Revolution was mainly led by M.S. Swaminathan.
The Green Revolution resulted in a great increase in the production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) due to the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding variety seeds, beginning in the mid-20th century.
The Green Revolution in India is largely the Wheat Revolution as the wheat production increased by more than three times between 1967-68 and 2003-04, while the overall increase in the production of cereals was only two times.

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Important Crops in the Revolution:
- The main crops were Wheat, Rice, Jowar, Bajra and Maize.
- Non-food grains were excluded from the ambit of the new strategy.
- Wheat remained the mainstay of the Green Revolution for years.