The term "White Revolution" refers to two different events in history, one in India and one in Iran.
In India, the White Revolution was a dairy development program launched in 1970, which created a national milk grid linking producers throughout India to consumers in over 700 towns and cities. The program was created by Indias National Dairy Development Board and led to the world's largest dairy development program. The program was successful in reducing seasonal and regional price variations while ensuring that producers get a major share of the profit by eliminating the middlemen. The process of mass production by the masses was termed as the "White Revolution".
In Iran, the White Revolution was a series of reforms implemented by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1963 and continued until 1979. The reforms redistributed land to approximately 2.5 million families, established literacy and health corps targeting Iran's rural areas, and resulted in a slew of social and legal reform. The reforms were put to a plebiscite and ratified in 1963. The White Revolution represented a new attempt to introduce reform from above and preserve traditional power patterns. Through land reform, the Shah hoped to ally himself with the peasantry in the countryside and hoped to sever their ties with the aristocracy in the city. The White Revolution consisted of 19 elements that were introduced over a period of 16 years.
