EMINENT farm scientist M S Swaminathan was cremated here on Saturday with Government honours, marked by a police gun salute. A platoon of police personnel in ceremonial attire gave a gun salute and bugle was played marking the Tamil Nadu Government’s honour at a crematory here. The final rites were performed by the family members and the body was cremated at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium.

 

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Saturday paid his last respects to the mortal remains of the eminent agricultural scientist Professor M S Swaminathan. Swaminathan, the driving force behind India’s Green Revolution had passed away at his Chennai residence on September 28 at the age of 98. CM M K Stalin had on Thursday announced that he will be given a State funeral.