Lamba Kheda

Lamba Kheda Lambakheda
village
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Coordinates: [23.326331°N 77.403966°E]
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Bhopal
Tehsil	Huzur
Founded by	Dr PRITHVI SINGH LAMBA
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,908
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	MP-IN
Census code	482365

Lamba Kheda is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Huzur tehsil.

History of Lamba Kheda

Lamba kheda is Named on Dr PRITHVI SINGH LAMBA . This place is given to Dr PS Lamba by Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh when Dr Lamba was posted in Bhopal. Then after when Dr Lamba donated this village then it was named after his name Lamba kheda.

About Dr PRITHVI SINGH LAMBA: Dr PRITHVI SINGH LAMBA was born on 10 October, 1920 in village Daulatpur, District Hisar,  Haryana. He obtained  his M.Sc. (Agri.) degree  from College of Agriculture, Lyallpur (now in Pakistan) in 1943 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with joint major in Agronomy and Soils from the University of Wisconsins, Madison (USA) in  1948 and 1949, respectively.  He started working in 1940 as Agricultural Assistant and continued to work till he retiredin 1993. Dr. Lamba had been Director of Agriculture, Bhopal; Director  of Research, HAU; Vice Chancellor, University of Udaipur and Haryana Agricultural University. He also worked as Chairman, Central Warehousing Corporation, and Hony. Director, Maharaja Suraj  Mal  Institute, New Delhi. After retirement, he worked as President of the Integrated Rural Development Society. He was the Founder Principal of Agriculture College, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. In early 50s, he popularised use of fertiliser in rainfed areas for increasing food production. His  work  on  aerial  spray technology to  control epidemic of pod borer on gram was appreciated not only by his superiors, but all dignitaries including Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, and many Heads of foreign countries, Chairman of the Ford Foundation and Heads of U.K. High Commission and  many Embassies including USA. Dr. Lamba was elected in 1948 as Member of Society of the Sigma XI, devoted to the promotion of research in Science in USA. In spite of holding administrative jobs, Dr. Lamba had keen interest in development of Agronomy for which the Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA) admitted him as Life Member of the Society, Fellow of ISA, Gold Medal and also awarded Life Time Achievement Award of the Society. He was elected as President of the IS for 1977 1981. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, while celebrating  its Silver Jubilee, conveyed  appreciation  for the services rendered by him. He was decorated with award of Hisar Ratna by Hisar Mandal of the Vishwa Jagriti Mission. He th left for heavenly abode on 8 February, 2018 After his demise Dr PS Lamba was awarded Gold Medal and also awarded Life Time Achievement Award which was awarded by Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devvrat to his elder son Paramjeet Singh Lamba and Grand son Mandeep Lamba.

Education

The Jai Narain College of Technology is located in New Chouksey Nagar, Lamba Kheda.^[1]

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census of India, Lamba Kheda has 806 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 81.38%.^[2]

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