Padmashree Kaleem Ullah Khan
Haji Kalimullah Khan in Malihabad (Lucknow, India) is also, very aptly, called ‘Mango Man’. He was recently awarded the Padma Shri for his rare technique of growing more than 300 varieties of mangoes of different shapes, sizes and hues on one tree!
When Khan talks about the variety of mangoes grown by him in his orchards in the renowned 'dussehri' belt in Malihabad, it seems that he is fondly referring to his family members. Khan's prized tree is about 100 years old on which he started work in 1987 to develop the craft of growing different varieties on one tree. He has named the mangoes on this particular tree after his family members who also were mango growers.