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Late Shri Bhurabhai Patel
Late Shri Bhurabhai Kodidas Patel, a farmer from Prantij taluka of Sabarkantha district
was a great visionary. He had a dream of forming a milk cooperative society with
other farmers, who were the victims of exploitation by the private milk suppliers
and milk contractors in that time. He then with the guidance and advice of Dr Varghese
Kurien formed a milk cooperative society and started collecting and supplying the
milk to the municipal dairy at Ahmedabad. The first such 20 societies were formed
in different villages of Prantij taluka. It was a turning point for the milk producers
and gradually formation of milk producer co-operative
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