1^st commercial vegetable seed production unit in India was set up in 1942 at

1^st commercial vegetable seed production unit in India was set up in 1942 at Quetta.
Seed production of temperate vegetable varieties was started at Quetta (Pakistan), as the seed supplies were cut-off due to World war-II in 1942.
Supplies of vegetable seeds were cut off from Quetta after the partition of the country.