The Indian Army shut down military farms -- which were functional for the last 132 years -- across the country on Wednesday. "After 132 years of glorious service to the nation, curtains were drawn on this organisation," said the Indian Army. The force said that all the officers and workers employed in the military farms have been redeployed and would continue to serve the organisation.

During the closing ceremony of the farms in Delhi, Lieutenant General Shashank Mishra said: "The military farm is ending its services. The first farm was established on February 1, 1889 in Allahabad and by the time we got Independence in 1947, India had 130 such farms. At that time it was highly beneficial for us as the White Revolution had not begun. Verghese Kurien had started the Operation Flood in 1970."