Is it possible to find peanuts in India? How many varieties of peanuts are likely to be found in that region? Peanuts are native to South America. It's unknown where groundnuts came from in India. According to Leiberherr (1928), the Jesuit Fathers who followed Vasco De Gama to India are credited with bringing the plant. Missionaries brought South and Central American plants to western India's flora. India's "indigenous" variety probably arrived from Brazil. Since the plant was found in South America in the early 1500s A.D., it was probably transported to India by the 1600s (John, et.al., 1955). A plant that valuable couldn't have hibernated there for 200 years without being well-known. 
Magellan brought groundnuts to India around 1519, according to Badami (1936). This agency probably won't introduce this product to the Philippines. Buchanan's 1800 report on South Kanara, Malabar, and Mysore mention growing the plant with turmeric (Buchanan, 1807). Tamil Nadu's South Arcot district grows the most groundnuts. The "local" variety in Bombay, Mysore, and Madras during the period was the same. Badami (1936) linked the Mysore groundnut to those of South America, the Philippines, China, and Java-based on Kew herbarium specimens. Peanuts probably came from one of these areas and were brought to India. Given that South Arcot had the most groundnuts in the mid-19th century, the introduction probably began on Madras' east coast. The common groundnut in South Arcot is called "Manilakottai," maybe referring to its origin in Manila, Philippines (Sheshadri, 1962). Subba Rao believes the groundnut came to India via the Philippines (1909). Watt stated that Dr. Dymott said the groundnut came from China (1892). These reports claim groundnut was introduced to China or the Pacific Islands from Central or South America (Sheshadri, 1962). Plant type 3 suggests groundnuts reached India separately from Africa through the western coast, complicating the introduction issue. In 1850, India's Madras Presidency grew peanuts on about 1000 hectares. Most groundnuts were planted in Madras' South Arcot District in 1895. Pondicherry's port and French colony coexisted. 
Watt (1889–1893) says the Pondicherry-France groundnut trade has been booming since February (1884). .. In the French Settlements' major city, the groundnut trade is dominant. Amazingly, South Arcot District produces so many nuts. Govindaiyer doubled planting and set up oil extraction facilities to increase groundnut output in Madras. Maharaja Bhagvatsinhji planted groundnuts in Saurashtra, Gujarat (Achaya 1990). Disease stopped the groundnut crop's fast growth until 1895 when 140,000 hectares were planted. In 1897 and 1898, production plummeted by half. (1908) Peanut farming reached 1895 levels in 1902 after the introduction of a Mozambican groundnut cultivar. Since then, Coromandel has dominated India's groundnut output. The Bombay Department of Agriculture imported Coromandel from Pondicherry, Spanish and Virginia from the US, and Small and Bold Japan from Japan between 1901–1922. (Achaya 1990). Between 1910 and 1945, the crop extended from Madras to Gujarat and the southwest of India. India's Groundnut Production Area India grew 8 million hectares of groundnuts in 2003. (2004) Groundnut farming expanded from 6.8 million ha in 1980–81 to 8 million ha in 2002–03. 90% of the cropland is in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. 
Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh cultivate more than half their land. Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh plant 28 and 24% of the nation's groundnuts. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka farm 15% of the total land. Maharashtra produces 8% of global groundnuts. Andhra Pradesh's groundnut acreage climbed from 1.3 million in 1980–81 to 2.2 million in 1996–97. Andhra Pradesh's peanut-growing region has grown faster than Gujarat's. Between 1980-1981 and 1996-1997, Gujarat's agricultural acreage dropped from 2.1 million ha to 1.8 million ha. Maharashtra's groundnut farming has declined. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have increased groundnut farming. Patterns of groundnut planting in India between the 1960s and the green revolution were explored. Northern states' green revolution lowered groundnut output (IEMR, 1993). Increasing concentration on wheat and rice cultivation is to blame. Researchers have generated two novel groundnut cultivars rich in oleic acid. New cultivars have 80% higher oleic acid than regular peanuts (40–50%). Since this is the first time such kinds have been sold in India, small farmers, the food business, and consumers should benefit. 
Varieties of peanuts
The Variety Identification Committee approved two varieties, Girnar 4 (ICGV 15083) and Girnar 5 (ICGV 15090), with an oleic acid content of about 80% for release for cultivation in India during the Annual Groundnut Workshop held from May 25–27, 2019. The All-India Coordinated Research Project on Groundnut (AICRP-G) multi-location testing carried out in 2017 and 2018 served as the foundation for the committee's conclusion. The comment was given by Radhakrishnan, director of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research-Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR-DGR). The lowering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which lowers the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, is one of the oleic acid's health benefits. Maintaining high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, also balances the lipid profile, according to Radhakrishnan. The phrase "good cholesterol" also refers to HDL. Research shows that groundnut oil with a high oleic content is less prone to oxidation, which lengthens its shelf life in addition to its health benefits. The commercialization of high-oleic groundnut varieties is a prime example of market-driven crop improvement that helps small farmers as well as other participants in the value chain. 
According to Kiran Sharma, director of the research program on grain legumes and dryland cereals at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and deputy director-general (Research), ICRISAT, a closed loop value chain for high oleic groundnuts will ensure high genetic purity of seed supplied to farmers for high quality to meet the standards of processors (CGIAR). Members of the team came from the ICAR-DGR, Telangana State Agriculture University, Tirupati Regional Agricultural Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and the Indian Council for Agricultural Research.